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Word For The Day, Friday, February 03, 2006 - sang-froid
dictionaries ad nauseum, internet | February 03, 2006 | secret garden

Posted on 02/03/2006 4:11:33 AM PST by secret garden



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".

sang-froid, also sangfroid \sang-FRWAH\, noun
Freedom from agitation or excitement of mind; coolness in trying circumstances; calmness.

Example sentences:

Both men were mightily impressed by the calmness of the Americans on board, particularly among the women. "I had, during my sojourn in America," Beaumont said later, "a thousand occasions to see the sang-froid of the American."
--Michael Kammen, "Wrecked on the Fourth of July," New York Times, July 6, 1997

Gaviria knew Alberto as an impulsive but cordial man capable of maintaining his sangfroid under the most stressful circumstances.
--Gabriel Garcia Marquez, News of a Kidnapping

Etymology: Sang-froid is from the French; it literally means "cold blood" (sang, "blood" + froid, "cold").


Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....


Review Threads:

Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate

WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!


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1 posted on 02/03/2006 4:11:35 AM PST by secret garden
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To: Jack Deth; K4Harty; miskie; Dutchgirl; cardinal4; MoochPooch; dubyaismypresident; Conspiracy Guy; ..
Good Morning Class. Welcome to School!

Here is my example with WFTD.

The NYT has shown a sangfroid approach to the law before and continues to thumb their nose at protecting our country.

2 posted on 02/03/2006 4:16:54 AM PST by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: secret garden
Good Morning!

Yes, I'm feeling that sang-froid today! Maybe it would help if I finish getting dressed.

3 posted on 02/03/2006 4:17:43 AM PST by NicknamedBob (And then I sat down and I wrote this report, ‘cause I knew that you’d want all the facts.)
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To: secret garden

Sang-froid? Sounds more like sans-Freud.. "without guilt" to me


4 posted on 02/03/2006 4:20:39 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: NicknamedBob

It must be warmer in your neck of the woods.


5 posted on 02/03/2006 4:20:54 AM PST by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: theDentist

This word practically screams Rumsfeld at me.


6 posted on 02/03/2006 4:21:32 AM PST by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: secret garden

Sure, Frued sang bass, but who sang tenor?


7 posted on 02/03/2006 4:23:10 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Tenor twelve miles away?


8 posted on 02/03/2006 4:24:14 AM PST by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: secret garden

There must be another way.


9 posted on 02/03/2006 4:26:27 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: theDentist

Cold blooded, dear theDentist, cold blooded...


10 posted on 02/03/2006 4:27:35 AM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

Part of the job.


11 posted on 02/03/2006 4:28:51 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: secret garden; theDentist
There must be another way.

Only ten or twelve miles away?

Far, far away. Opun the opposite shore.

12 posted on 02/03/2006 4:31:30 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Robert, are you going poetic on us?


13 posted on 02/03/2006 4:32:19 AM PST by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
Opun the opposite shore.

Is that Pauly Shore's smarter brother?

14 posted on 02/03/2006 4:34:12 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: theDentist
Robert, are you going poetic on us?

Dunno.

I'm shore I woke up somewhere else, but I'm not shore I'm waxing poetic, or waning poetic.

15 posted on 02/03/2006 4:40:28 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: secret garden

Three men were arguing about the meaning of "sang-froid".

The first one said, "Suppose I come home from work early one afternoon and find my wife in a liaison with another man. I would say to them 'Excuse me.' That would be sang-froid."

"I somewhat agree," said the second man, "but I would say to them, 'Excuse me, please continue.' That would show real sang-froid."

Finally, the third man, with an amused smile on his face, spoke up and said, "I have a totally different perspective than you do. I would say to them, 'Excuse me, please continue.' If he did, he would have sang-froid!"


16 posted on 02/03/2006 4:41:23 AM PST by fnord (497 1/2 feet of rope ... I just carry it)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
I'm not shore I'm waxing poetic, or waning poetic.

Or theorizing frenetic, lest it become pandemic.

17 posted on 02/03/2006 4:45:47 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: fnord

A+, I love a good story.


18 posted on 02/03/2006 4:48:32 AM PST by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

How about you sing solo? So lo we can't hear you...


19 posted on 02/03/2006 4:49:58 AM PST by January24th
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To: secret garden

hiya!


20 posted on 02/03/2006 5:38:21 AM PST by xsmommy
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