Definitions
Etymologies
- Latin cestus. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Peter Sciretta the talent pool available, most are already employed by the other companies in town, and it is easier to start in a place full of talent but with little competition for employment zapan669 parlez francais un peu, cest un film francais bon sang de bonsoueeere asianrage”
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“We have been manipulated into losing family values and cummunity cohesion, as these would be the cest defence against what will soon come about.”
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“According to some, not all Muslim countries we are 'Bad People' but if we are so 'bad' then we should just say cest la vie when something happens and let the people in need fend for themselves.”
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“Everyone needs quality healthcare, just as everyone needs to drink water and eat, you may have to eat less if you have less, and you may only get to see a doctor a few times vs every time you sniffle, cest la vie.”
“This produced a negative image of her that I don't think is accurate, but cest l'avis, this is politics.”
“Interesting back and forth between cest moi and Larry: I think there is an analysis that synthesizes both of your points.”
“PS – Anything that ends in ‘cest’ is too dirty for this blog.”
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“Indeed, the fundamental problem with you is that you read the principal "La etat, cest moi" into American law, when it appears nowhere in our Constitution or our traditions.”
“Je me attens a mon juge, cest c'est le roy du ciel et de la terre.”
“This is just eye candy designed to sell to people who don't know any better. cest.la.vie”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cest’.
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Activated Phonemes
This list was generated by first taking a letter from the alphabet, or any of the initial cluster set of phonesthemes compiled by the ingenious Benjamin Shisler) and then sticking one of the suffix...
bing, ding, ging, jing, ling, ming, king, ping, ring, sing, ting, wing and 189 more...
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Quenelles of Random Palavery
More randomly-garnered terms from the world of words that don't quite yet fit into my other lists.
Goddidit, barcelona, filigrain, good-natured, ill-natured, half-bit, endosome, underplaying, parotid, denormalization, sleightgeist, wheezing and 2334 more...
Tweets
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hernesheir Better a cest than a cestode. Nov 2, 2011