Comments on: Louche http://www.myfavoriteword.com/2009/11/15/louche/ Your Word, in Your Words Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:24:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Chris http://www.myfavoriteword.com/2009/11/15/louche/comment-page-1/#comment-1124 Chris Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:22:01 +0000 http://www.myfavoriteword.com/?p=1121#comment-1124 I have always, always misspelt 'weird.' It must be genetic. I have always, always misspelt ‘weird.’ It must be genetic.

]]> By: Chris http://www.myfavoriteword.com/2009/11/15/louche/comment-page-1/#comment-1123 Chris Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:20:22 +0000 http://www.myfavoriteword.com/?p=1121#comment-1123 As a French speaker I've always understood this word to mean 'dodgy, seedy, wierd.' If you leer unpleasantly at women and are suspected of being a closet sociopath, people might describe you as 'louche.' It might also refer to a place. If I were trying to cultivate an air of Gallic, devil-may-care sophistication I'd be aiming rather for 'nonchalant' or 'suave.' As a French speaker I’ve always understood this word to mean ‘dodgy, seedy, wierd.’ If you leer unpleasantly at women and are suspected of being a closet sociopath, people might describe you as ‘louche.’ It might also refer to a place.

If I were trying to cultivate an air of Gallic, devil-may-care sophistication I’d be aiming rather for ‘nonchalant’ or ‘suave.’

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