savoir-faire [ˈsævwɑrˈfɛər] n.
1.) The ability to say or do the right or graceful thing (American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language).
Etymology: French : savoir, to know how + faire, to do.
"We walked over to my old elementary school and played in the dirt: made little dirt roads, bark bridges, and twig cottages on the ground beneath a tree. Fawn's friends at her school were doing the ordinary cool thingsdrinking, experimenting with sex and drugsthat I wasn't. I was scared of Fawn's beauty and her savoir-faire and was relieved to discover that she and I shared romantic views of childhood" ("Caught", Johnathan Franzen, 2004).
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Has anyone else noticed the profound dearth of fashion blogs on the internet? There's the Sartorialist, but that's about it. How else am I going to know what brand top random girls are wearing on their nights out?
7 comments:
this needs to be used more often
What a lovely sounding word
well now i just feel more educated! thanks for that:)
Nice word. Thanks
now in french?
Jessica had savoir-faire in her choice of words
Death of fashion blogs? If only it were true..
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