faux pas

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faux pas

• Part of Speech Noun
• Pronunciation foe pah
• Definition a slip or blunder in etiquette,
  manners, or conduct an embarrassing social
  blunder or indiscretion
• Language French
• faux pas  1674, from Fr. "false step." The word
  faux by itself, with Fr. pronunciation, borrowed
  into Eng. 1980s to mean "fake.
• Burping aloud at the seminar was a faux pas I
  would like to forget!

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Deja vu

• Part of Speech Noun
• Pronunciation dey-zhah voo
• Definition Psychology. the illusion of having
  previously experienced something actually being
  encountered for the first time.
• Language French
• Origin 190005 lit., already seen
• Sentence The new television season had a sense
  of déjà vu about itthe same old plots and
  characters with new names.

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du jour

• Part of Speech adjective
• Pronunciation du zhur
• Definition as prepared on the particular day
  of the kind being served today
• Language French
• du jour  from Fr. plat du jour "dish of the
  day," early 20c. on restaurant menus, abstracted
  as an all-purpose modifier 1989.
• Sentence The soup du jour is potato soup.

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bon voyage

• Part of Speech interjection
• Pronunciation bon voi-azh
• Definition good journey
• Language French
• Sentence Bon voyage, my dear.

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Joie de vivre

• Part of Speech Noun
• Pronunciation zhwa duh - veevr
• Definition keen or buoyant enjoyment of life
• Language French
• Joie de vivre 1889 from French literature,
  meaning joy of life
• Ah, to keep the joie de vivre I felt as a young
  child swinging through the air!

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Savoir faire

• Part of Speech noun
• Pronunciation sav war- fer
• Definition capacity for appropriate action
  polished sureness in social behavior
• Synonym - tact
• Language French
• Sentence The thief moved around the bejeweled
  party guests with enough savoir faire to look
  like he belonged.

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alma mater

• Part of Speech Noun
• Pronunciation ahl-muh mah-ter
• Definition 1. a school, college, or university
  at which one has studied and, usually, from which
  one has graduated. 2. the official anthem of a
  school, college, or university.
• Language Latin
• alma mater  From Latin Alma Mater, nourishing
  mother (epithet of certain goddesses) alma,
  feminine of almus, nourishing see al-2 in
  Indo-European roots mater, mother see
  maternal.
• I am learning my alma mater, which will be sung
  at the pep rally next week!

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cum laude

• Part of Speech Noun
• Pronunciation cum- loydey
• Definition with honor used in diplomas to
  grant the lowest of three special honors for
  grades above the average.
• Origin Latin
• cum laude Origin 189095, Americanism lt L with
  praise
• Jerry graduated cum laude his mother was SO
  PROUD!

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status quo

• Part of Speech Noun
• Pronunciation status kwoh
• Definition the existing state or condition.
• Language Latin
• status quo Latin status quo, state in which
  status, state quo, in which, ablative of qui,
  which
• We don't want to admit more singers to the
  chorus we like the status quo.

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Femme fatale

• Part of Speech Noun
• Pronunciation fem fuh-tal
• Definition an irresistibly attractive woman,
  esp. one who leads men into difficult, dangerous,
  or disastrous situations siren.
• Language French
• femme fatale French femme, woman fatale,
  deadly.
• Plural plural femmes fatales
• Catwoman was the femme fatale of the Batman
  series.