Word of the Day for Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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gaucherie \goh-shuh-REE\, noun:
gaucherie \goh-shuh-REE\, noun:
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1. A socially awkward or tactless act.
1. A socially awkward or tactless act.
2. Lack of tact; boorishness; awkwardness.
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Gaucherie comes from the French, from gauche, "lefthanded; awkward," from Old French, from gauchir, "to turn aside, to swerve, to walk clumsily."
Gaucherie comes from the French, from gauche, "lefthanded; awkward," from Old French, from gauchir, "to turn aside, to swerve, to walk clumsily."
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