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To get along with someone really well. It is quite commonly used but still somewhat obscure, in other words possibly a good word to impress someone.
by Earl of Warwick October 11, 2017
Get the Rapport mug.Someone who has become rich so fast he does not possess manners and taste befitting the upper class. Synonym of parvenu.
The Russian millionaires who became rich in the nighties are the epitome of a pretentious arriviste.
by Earl of Warwick July 7, 2017
Get the arriviste mug.(french) literally half world, the English equivalent would be underworld. It is important to note that the final e is not pronounced in accordance with rules of french pronunciation. Has a pretentious ring to it.
Person A: Hey do you want to tag along, me and a couple of friends are going to the club near the center that opened last year.
Person B: I rather not, I heard rumors that the owners have ties to the demimonde and that it is a hotbed for drug addicts.
Person B: I rather not, I heard rumors that the owners have ties to the demimonde and that it is a hotbed for drug addicts.
by Earl of Warwick August 27, 2017
Get the demimonde mug.German word for central Europe. A related term is Plan mitteleuropa witch refers to the Prussian military expansion to eastern Europe. The idea was to colonize much of eastern Europe and exploit them for economic reasons. It (Plan mitteleuropa) laid the groundwork for the Nazi policy of Lebensraum.
Even if many people nowadays say Hungary is in eastern Europe, it is actually in mitteleuropa or central Europe as we say in English.
by Earl of Warwick July 7, 2017
Get the mitteleuropa mug.A fancy word for just the right word someone is lucking for. The last t in mot and the last e in juste is not pronounced (since it is a french word (french pronunciation rules))
Example 1
Person A: At first I did not like Alex he seemed a bit unsympathetic, well not unsympatheic but not that talkative and a bit reserved, you know what I mean.
Person B: You mean introverted
Person A: precisely le mot juste
Example 2 (From Frasier Season 5 Episode 8)
Frasier: Wait! Wait, my God, it's really for the sake of our future
relationships. I mean, it just, I know that you're afraid to
hurt my feelings but I can stand a little constructive
criticism. Now, come on, please, what do you think are my
main faults?
Daphne: Well, if I had to choose, I'd say you are a bit of a fuss
budget.
Frasier: Fuss budget! Well, listen, if you don't mind the
substitution, I think maybe "demanding" is more the mot
juste.
Person A: At first I did not like Alex he seemed a bit unsympathetic, well not unsympatheic but not that talkative and a bit reserved, you know what I mean.
Person B: You mean introverted
Person A: precisely le mot juste
Example 2 (From Frasier Season 5 Episode 8)
Frasier: Wait! Wait, my God, it's really for the sake of our future
relationships. I mean, it just, I know that you're afraid to
hurt my feelings but I can stand a little constructive
criticism. Now, come on, please, what do you think are my
main faults?
Daphne: Well, if I had to choose, I'd say you are a bit of a fuss
budget.
Frasier: Fuss budget! Well, listen, if you don't mind the
substitution, I think maybe "demanding" is more the mot
juste.
by Earl of Warwick October 27, 2017
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