1. He called his potential victims projects, or PJs, and gave each a name.

2. A pair of loose cotton PJs are more than adequate." Five hotels are taking part in the trial.

3. Paolo says: ‘Bea and I went down in PJs but after three minutes I said, «What if your father walks in?» I went upstairs and put on jeans and a button–down shirt.

4. OK, bye.‘ Sykes made a name for herself on the back of a segment of society she knows well – the ineffably blonde, impossibly wealthy New York heiresses who are so at home in private jets that – in the parlance of Sykes‘s first book – they refer to them as ‘PJs‘. She swings between telling people you have to be an outsider (‘which I am‘) in order to write about this, and saying she doesn‘t think you could write it ‘if you weren‘t in the circle‘. In Bergdorf Blondes, which sold a quarter of a million copies, Sykes coined – or possibly lifted from life – a number of such abbreviations.

5. At night both husband and wife don their ď';ćŕě$'; (pajamas), though women might wear a íî÷íŕH'; đóáŕřęŕ (nightgown), őŕëŕň$'; (robes) and ňŕďî÷ę'; (slippers). Fancy dressing gowns –– the kind that cost more than a mink coat and are definitely not worn while flipping eggs on the stove –– are ďĺíüţŕđ$'; (peignoirs), which can be worn with äîěŕří';ĺ ňóôë'; (fancy slippers, often mules with ruffles, feathers and baubles). Should unexpected guests catch you at home in your PJs and slippers at noon, you can try to save the situation by proclaiming in Frenchified Russian: Čçâ';í';ňĺ, H'; â íĺ';ë';ćĺ (Pardon me, I‘m not dressed!). Or you can just not answer the door.