click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Foreign Words 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| carte blanche | free range |
| caveat emptor | let the buyer beware |
| tabula rasa | clean slate |
| alpha and omega | beginning and end |
| hoi polloi | the masses, the common people |
| ad nausem | arguing to the point of feeling sick |
| carpe diem | seize the day |
| tempus fugit | time flies |
| c'est la vie | that's life |
| bona fide | genuine, the real deal |
| savoir fair | ability to say or do the right things |
| non sequitur | not in order |
| enfant terrible | really bad kid |
| terra firma | solid earth |
| vox populi | voice of people |
| je ne sais quoi | something that can't adequately be described. It wasn't perfect, but it had a certain je ne sais quoi that made it appealing. |
| magnum opus | the greatest, most magnificent work by an author, writer, composer |
| nom de plum | a writer's pen nom or name |
| mea culpa | my bad |