Message-ID: <21169932.1075862387524.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 00:00:00 -0800 (PST) From: doctor@dictionary.com To: wordoftheday@lists.lexico.com Subject: soi-disant: Dictionary.com Word of the Day Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Doctor Dictionary X-To: Dictionary.com Word of the Day X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \SPEREIR (Non-Privileged)\Pereira, Susan W.\Deleted Items X-Origin: Pereira-S X-FileName: SPEREIR (Non-Privileged).pst =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Do you know what?s on your credit report? Find out with a FREE Equifax credit report & FREE CreditCheck Monitoring Service trial! Plus, get valuable tools and tips for improving your credit rating. Try it FREE today! http://by.advertising.com/1/c/62072/28687/116282/116282 AOL users click here =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Word of the Day for Tuesday November 27, 2001: soi-disant \swah-dee-ZAHN\, adjective: Self-styled; so-called. The study exposes most varieties of 'human resource management' as a complete waste oftimes promoted by soi-disant gurus and self-serving consultants with an eye for a quick buck. --"Support for an old-fashioned view," [1]Independent, May 12, 1994 The troupe, soi-disant egalitarians, mostly turn out to be royal phonies. --Craig Offman, "Whiz Kid," [2]Time, February 1, 1999 _________________________________________________________ Soi-disant comes from the French, from soi, "oneself" + disant, "saying," present participle of dire, "to say." References 1. http://www.independent.co.uk/ 2. http://www.time.com/time/ _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ You are currently subscribed to Dictionary.com Word of the Day as: susan.w.pereira@enron.com To subscribe to the list by email, send a blank message to: join-WordoftheDay@lists.lexico.com To unsubscribe via email, send a blank message to: leave-wordoftheday-301289Q@lists.lexico.com Subscriptions can be turned on and off from the Web at http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/list/ Dictionary.com Word of the Day http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/ (C) 2001, Lexico LLC.