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 […]
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