Monday, April 6, 2009

Word of the Day: Urbane

adj.
courteous; suave; elegant and refined in manner.

"Urbane" is one of those peculiar words where, simply using the word, makes the speaker seem characterised by it. Much like the word "pretentious", which almost inevitably makes the speaker seem pretentious.

Some might think that using words like "Urbane" also makes one sound pretentious, but who cares what they think? Philistines!

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