>>>>>>>>I think my favourite made-up word in English is 'Wellness'. What a stupid word. People go to wellness clinics I guess because they can't stand the thought of going to a health clinic.
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>>>>>>>It's not so bad. Afterall, would you rather attend a Homeostasis Clinic instead? :o)
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>>>>>>As long as we're on it, imho, the best real word in the English language is 'galoshes'. It's beautifully onomatopoeic, and I'd bet that even people who've never heard the word could probably figure out what they are.
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>>>>>And you canucks still wear them, eh? When I stayed on my cousin's farm there were always galoshes in the back porch.
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>>>>Well of course, I don't. They're so, so, non de rigueur.
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>>>"de rigeur"?? Don't you mean they're not "all the rage, my dyah" or "the very latest thing"? :-)
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>>Isn't that what "de rigueur" means? Did I say something dirty that Michel didn't catch? ;)
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>Yes, you're right.
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>No, I was just referring to the antiquity of the expression, and citing some examples through the ages.
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>Back in the 60s one would have said "It's in"

Oh. I see. Now that I think about it, you're probably right. Something, I suppose, that Noel Coward might have said.