;Posted on 04/09/2014 5:32:23 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree
Word For The Day, Wednesday, April 9, 2014-- arriviste
;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".
arriviste[ar-ee-veest; French a-ree-veest]
noun
1. a person who has recently acquired unaccustomed status, wealth, or success, especially by dubious means and without earning concomitant esteem
2. a person who is unscrupulously ambitious
Origin: 1900–05; < French; see arrive, -ist
Related forms
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The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
Hasta la arriviste, baby!
You guys had somewhat of a snow day yesterday, so let me see some good effort today.
Reynolds in Marketing recently won the lottery and became the latest tragedy of the arriviste as relatives and former friends came out of the woodwork to pander for his windfall.
You arrivisted 5 seconds before my ping!
Looks like they want to wrap up some of Reynolds' cash.
Without even reading your example, the first things that came to mind were the arrivistes in the White House — Barry & Michelle.
Sometimes the sentence just writes itself.
It’s a pretty close call.
The sheer arrogance of this bunch is jaw-dropping. I have despised him from Janet Reno days.
A+++
Very funny article.
I had to first go to Miami to get the paperwork to go to Peru for work ...
Guess it was a clear case of arrivavisa primero arrivatrabajo ...
A++
Arrivederci.
In the South, someone who comes into money and is showy about it is referred to as “new money”. Those who tend to spend lavishly and make sure others know they have it to spend quite often don’t have it for long...
Also known as nouveau riche or N-word rich.
My daughter has an apartment in the city. It’s not pretty, but she’s young. She says it’s amazing how many really big TV boxes and new couches, etc. keep showing up in the welfare apartments behind her. She said it’s tax season. They get a ton of money from taxes even though they never worked.
I would like to see a parady of the videos showing starving children in Africa or South America where they are begging us to send money to save a child but done showing the “poor” in America. Nails dones, weaves, cell phones and usually overweight..... truly “starving”
Thanks Teach!
Fair or unfair, timing is often everything as the arriviste who arrivest most quickly on the scene reaps the rewards, however undeserved ...
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