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).
- avidity [DS, CG04-14-10]
- épater les bourgeousie [Jodi Rosen, CG04-14-10]
- gestalt [JR, CG04-14-10]
- impresario [SM, CG04-14-10]
- inchoate [SM, CG04-14-10]
- malaise [pronounced "muh-lezz"] [CG04-14-10]
- nascent [JR, CG04-14-10]
- patois [DS, CG04-14-10]
- provocateur [DS, CG04-14-10]
- syncopated [DS, CG04-14-10]
[CG04-14-10]
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Two musical terms this time! Neither are very esoteric, really. Interesting, yes…
I use nascent, gestalt, inchoate, malaise, and provocateur all the time. I would probably use the French phrase more if I were more confident of my French!
Nascent? I think that one’s probably okay.