Word For The Day: louche

2000 Most Challenging and Obscure Words

[Louis Foxwell]

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

louche [loohsh]

hear it pronounced

adjective

A louche person, or louche conduct, is devious, perverse, untrustworthy, sinister. Louche was taken over from the French as is.
In French, its literal meaning is "squint eyed," but the French use it as a figurative sense to describe persons or behavior of dubious character, equivocal, disreputable, shifty, shady, or more informally, fishy.
Caesar insisted that his wife be above suspicion and so divorced her for the mere suspicion of louche.
We should all be careful not even to appear touche.
If you think it apocryphal to drag in a bit of Roman history or gossip in a discussion of louche, you are right.

[Rodamala]

I distinctly recall louche was the word of the day on FR sometime in the past 5 or 6 years.

[Rodamala]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3245054/posts

How bad is it that I remember the word of the day from last January, but I can't remember where I left my car keys?

[Rodamala]

[Larry Lucido]

Louche LaRouche?

[Louis Foxwell]

I was warned about checking for previously used words. This is my second. One would think I would have learned by now. Ah well, must be a very good word.

[Louis Foxwell]

I would add the heir apparent to the list, Ryan.

Captain Obvious Award

[Louis Foxwell]

Bringing Reid into this is just, well, unsanitary.

[Louis Foxwell]

Louche slips sink amorous intentions.

Amazing. Deserves nothing less than:

First Place

[Louis Foxwell]

Punny. Very punny. Second place

[Louis Foxwell]

A graphic representation of the word is acceptable here. Third Place

[Louis Foxwell]

There certainly is something about Rand Paul, something squirrel y.

Pearls of Wisdom Award:

[tioga]

Review words are not a bad thing.

[xsmommy]

i agree with you, he does not sit right with me. I think he’s a nasty person.

[tioga]

He is his father’s son.

[xsmommy]

here you have a louche douche.

[xsmommy]

well I see Rand as nasty and I always saw Ron as just kind of clueless and goofy. I think xsboy is going to be coaching Rand’s son in hockey starting next month, at Gonzaga.

[tioga]

That should be interesting.

[Louis Foxwell]

Another graphic representation.

Makes the head swirl.

[ModelBreaker]

“I distinctly recall louche was the word of the day on FR sometime in the past 5 or 6 years.”

Tell the moderator. Duplicative post :)

[Honorary Serb]

The Cultural Marxists who now run our country want us ALL to become louche! And they say that to become louche is virtuous, and to oppose such immorality and vice as exhibited by the “gays” is “bigoted”.

Pfui!!!!