Latest notable terms from this week’s Slate Culture Gabfest and Slate Political Gabfest (feel free to email me suggestions or leave them in the comments to the main page):
- anodyne [DP, PG10-30-09]
- arrivistes [SM, CG11-4-09]
- bookend [PG10-30-09]
- déclassé [SM, CG11-4-09]
- lability [DS, CG11-4-09]
- martinet [DS, CG11-4-09]
- optics [DP, PG10-30-09]
- paean [DS, CG11-4-09]
- patrimony [SM, CG11-4-09]
- Sturm und Drang [JD, PG11-6-09]
- sui generis [EB, PG10-30-09]
- treacly [JT, CG11-4-09]
- Tribeca [SM, CG11-4-09]
I use these words as part of my normal vocabulary:
bookend
déclassé
optics
paean
patrimony
sui generis
All others are used only by pretentious snobs!
@twv:
“I use these words as part of my normal vocabulary:
bookend”
As a verb?
“déclassé
optics
paean”
OMFG 🙂
So I can’t tell you how many episodes I’ve listened to thinking, I should really make a website picking these out. You should really link to their definitions – treacly? My god.