Posted on 04/09/2015 5:15:23 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree
Word For The Day, Thursday, April 9, 2015-- cachet
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".
cachet [ka-shey, kash-ey; French ka-she]
plural cachets [ka-sheyz, kash-eyz; French ka-she] hear it pronounced
noun
1. an official seal, as on a letter or document.
2. a distinguishing mark or feature; stamp: Courtesy is the cachet of good breeding.
3. a sign or expression of approval, especially from a person who has a great deal of prestige.
4. superior status; prestige: The job has a certain cachet.
5. Pharmacology. a hollow wafer for enclosing an ill-tasting medicine.
6. Philately. a firm name, slogan, or design stamped or printed on an envelope or folded letter.
Origin: 1630-40; < French: literally, something compressed to a small size, equivalent to cache cache + -et -et
Word Origin and History for cachet n.
1630s, Scottish borrowing of French cachet "seal affixed to a letter or document" (16c.), from Old French dialectal cacher "to press, crowd," from Latin coactare "constrain" (see cache). Meaning evolving through "(letter under) personal stamp (of the king)" to "prestige." Cf. French lettre de cachet "letter under seal of the king."
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 job has a certain cachet
Causing theWon to sashay
In front of his one true Love
His true manly turtle dove
It’s the girlie man leftie way.
I guess I am the newbie around here.
that’s why we still have our eye on you... ; )
A++++
Loved it! Your description of the First Couple reminds me of an old limerick:
There once was a queer from Khartoum
Who took a lesbian up to his room
They argued all night
About who had the right
To do what and with which and to whom
First couple? I left that open to interpretation. Is it Reggie Love or MO he sashays for? I am not sure I really want to know that answer, but I do wonder. When my stomach can handle it.
I thought that said “Latvian worship” and I was thinking of George Constanza.
**************
Father-priest 2: Is there one aspect of the faith that you find particularly attractive?
George: (he thinks) I think the hats. The hat convey that solemn religious look you want in a faith. Very pious.
In today’s economy, all of your cash shashay’s right out of your pocket ... And into the IRS’s.
A++
A revamp of the tax code would get this country going in the right direction. That, and a new, conservative president. And the only way we’ll get the former is with the latter.
My daughter in law had a horse she’d bred named Cachet that she was training for great things. Unfortunately she (the horse) dropped dead of an aneurism at the end of a lesson. Everybody was heartbroken.
The horse, which was a cross of a thoroughbred retired race horse and a Swedish Warmblood, had an unusual blaze that covered one eye and proceeded down the side of the face (sort of like Phantom of the Opera) and then continued down one leg. Hence, the name. The vet who delivered that foal said, “You’ll recocegnize this horse wherever she goes.”
A++
Interesting story, although a sad outcome.
Maybe it’s just me, but I figure the one place it is appropriate for a bunch of ladies to get together and tell birthing stories would be at a baby shower.
http://www.creators.com/advice/annies-mailbox.html
Dear Annie: I dread going to my niece’s first baby shower. At the last one I went to that included our family, there were older mothers who proceeded to tell horror stories about labor and delivery.
No one needs to hear the in-depth details of their birth process, and especially not a first-time mother.
Some people speak before they think. How can I politely get them to shut up? Dreading Showers
http://www.wtae.com/news/2-alligator-sightings-in-monongahela-river-reported/32260192
Did someone say “Mononga-gator?”
maybe the delicate flower should just send and gift and not attend if she can’t handle it! good grief! of course people are going to talk about their own experiences at a baby shower and I can’t imagine what sort of experience someone could have that would be so horrified by!
Obama wants to put his cachet
On a deal-any deal-with Iran-
Desperate to save his legacy
He will do anything he can
Never mind who gets sold out
Israel and all of us as well-
If congress doesn’t like it
They can go straight to hell
He’s digging himself a trench
With all these lies and barter
By 2016 he will surely be seen
As more of a coward than Carter...
will Mongie become as well known as NESSIE?
LOL-I hope that woman never becomes pregnant-I agree that the fragile blossom should stay away-unless she wants to be the source of amusement for all the women there. I’ve never known a pregnant woman who has not heard about the experiences of her own mother, aunts and friends since she first became aware she was with child.
A+++++
Loved the barter/Carter rhyme.
Whenever we shop in Canada, the requested forms of payment are usually “Credit or Cachet?” ...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.