the mot juste

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the mot juste (formal)

the word or phrase that exactly describes what you want to say I'm searching for the mot juste to describe him. Unusual, I think, is the best way of saying it.

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And "spell" is the mot juste for Donaghy: his poems are musical utterances (almost incantations at times) meant to ward off dread and the pain of loss. Michael Donaghy: Safest by Yezzi, David / New Criterion There is another possible hidden meaning in the Latin root of the word sex, which, makes a good case for set:, not gender, as the mot juste. I'd rather have sex than gender. (last word) by Vincent, Norah / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)			the low man on the totem pole the lowest common denominator the lowest of the low the luck of the draw the lull before the storm the main drag the man the man in the street the man of the moment the man on the Clapham omnibus the man on the street the matter in hand the meat and potatoes the men in grey suits the men in white coats the Midas touch the middle ground the milk of human kindness the mind boggles the minute the missionary position the moment of truth the more the merrier the more the more the morning after the mot juste the mother of all the movers and shakers the moving spirit the name of the game the nature of the beast the new black the new kid on the block the nightmare-case scenario the nitty-gritty the nouveau riche the nuts and bolts the odd man out the Old Bill the old country the old guard the old school tie the old-boy network the oldest profession the oldest trick in the book the only game in town the operative word the order of the day the other day the other side of the coin the other side of the tracks			The Mortgage Center The Mortgage Operating System The Mortgage Source Inc The Mortgage Works The Moscow News The Moscow State Conservatory The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle The most Baptist state in the world The most Baptist state in the world The Most Complex Machine The Most Dangerous Game The most excellent and lamentable tragedie, of Romeo and Iuliet The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet The most feck The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time The Most Honourable The Most Honourable Order of the Bath The Most Noble Order of the Garter The Most Pathetic Man in the World the most possible The Most Powerful Man in the World The most remarkable formula in mathematics The Most Reverend The Most Reverend The Most Reverend The Most Serene Republic The Most wanted Persons the mot juste The Mother Church The Mother Earth News the mother of all The Mother of My Children The Mother Superior The Mothership The Mothership 2 The Mothman Prophecies The Motion Picture The Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences The Motion Picture Group, Inc. The Motion Video Company The Motley Fool The Motley Fool The Mount Erac The Mount Vernon Hospital The Mountain The Mountain The Mountain (political group) The Mountain (political group) The Mountain Goats The Mountain Institute The Mountain People The Mountain People The Mountain People The Mountaineers The Mountains Win Again The mourning bride The mourning bride The Mourning Dove

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