Interesting and Esoteric Words of the Slate Podcast Literati: May 19, 2010

by Stephan Kinsella on May 19, 2010

in Culture

Latest notable terms from this and last week’s Slate Culture Gabfest (feel free to email me suggestions or leave them in the comments to the main page, which keeps a running collection of the terms from this series of posts).

  • alternadad [SM, CG05-19-10]
  • cowl [SM, CG05-19-10]
  • detritus [DS, CG05-19-10]
  • dint [DS, CG05-19-10]
  • funereal [SM, CG05-19-10]
  • joie de vivre [JT, CG05-19-10]
  • lugubrious [SM, DS, CG05-19-10]
  • mimetic fallacy [SM, CG05-19-10]
  • précis [SM, CG05-19-10]
  • proselyte [SM, CG05-19-10]
  • rather (pronounced “rahh-ther”) [SM, CG05-19-10]
  • sanguine [JT,DS, CG05-19-10]
  • sprezzatura [DS, CG05-19-10]
  • spriteliness [JT, CG05-19-10]
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