Word of the Day for Tuesday, March 31, 2009
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contretemps \KAHN-truh-tahn\, noun;
contretemps \KAHN-truh-tahn\, noun;
plural contretemps \-tahnz\:
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An inopportune or embarrassing situation or event; a hitch.
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Any time the B.O. goes off-script and/or doesn't use his teleprompter, he becomes afflicted with a nasty series of verbal contretemps!
Any time the B.O. goes off-script and/or doesn't use his teleprompter, he becomes afflicted with a nasty series of verbal contretemps!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Contretemps comes from French, from contre, "against" (from Latin contra) + temps, "time" (from Latin tempus).
Contretemps comes from French, from contre, "against" (from Latin contra) + temps, "time" (from Latin tempus).
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