"Word of the Week" is a meme hosted by the Plain-Spoken Pen on Mondays in which we share a word that we find entertaining, enlightening, edifying, or just plain fun to say!
I'm currently reading To the Letter by Simon Garfield, and he used the intriguing word "louche", which had me scrambling for a dictionary. According to multiple sources, it is from the French, originally meaning "squinting" or "cross-eyed", and describes something that is not socially acceptable -- immoral, disreputable, sordid -- but yet, at the same time, kinda appealing. A rakish fellow, for example, or (the fictional versions of) pirates, gangsters, or smugglers.
How about you? Can you think of any good examples of this great word? And did you find any interesting words last week?
