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Word of the day  

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8/14/2013 10:37 pm

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Word of the day

Today's word is CHICANERY.

chicanery [shih-KAY-nuh-ree] noun

1: deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry: trickery

2: a piece of sharp practice (as at law): trick

Example:
"[The film] Now You See Me tries to mystify you with its cinematic chicanery while constantly reminding you that you're not paying attention to what's truly going down." - From a movie review by Craig D. Lindsey at nashvillescene.com, June 6, 2013

Did you know?
"We have hardly any words that do so fully expresse the French clinquant, naiveté … chicaneries." So lamented English writer John Evelyn in a letter to Sir Peter Wyche in 1665. Evelyn and Wyche were members of a group called the Royal Society, which had formed a committee emulating the French Academy for the purpose of "improving the English language." We can surmise that, in Evelyn's estimation, the addition of "chicanery" to English from French was an improvement. What he apparently didn't realize was that English speakers had adopted the word from the French "chicanerie" before he wished for it; the term appears in English manuscripts dating from 1609. Similarly, "clinquant" ("glittering with gold or tinsel") dates from 1591. "Naïveté," on the other hand, waited until 1673 to appear.

I used the sites example because I liked it and the the review was interesting and I honestly couldn't tell if he liked it or not lol. Anyway I am trying to get to this every day but some days it just slips by and I don't remember until its to late. I'm pretty busy with life and work but I think that's probably the norm for most people. I got some super exciting news last night though, my Man is coming over next weekend even though he was just here! I'm so fucking excited to see him again cuz I didn't think I was going to see him for 2 months! Oh and the weather is starting to go back to the normal southeast stuff...cloudy and rainy. But the spectacular summer we've had was bound to come to a close eventually. Hope y'all had a fantastic day!

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