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je-ne-sais-quoi

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A something one can not describe; usually, something too attractive to be expressed.

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  • However, I believe it is the very je-ne-sais-quoi boldness with which I saucily steer my bird-shit-bedecked “ride” into scattering flocks of L.A. valet parkers that marks the true rebel.

    Class Dismissed 2009

  • However, I believe it is the very je-ne-sais-quoi boldness with which I saucily steer my bird-shit-bedecked “ride” into scattering flocks of L.A. valet parkers that marks the true rebel.

    Class Dismissed 2009

  • What made my effort not art was the lack of je-ne-sais-quoi … creative passion and intention? —

    Mondrian Soda? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • But the director sat with two men, by dint of haberdashery alone—well-fitted blue suits with subtle striping; dark, shiny mahogany loafers affixed with the je-ne-sais-quoi languor of tassels; fresh, un-dry-cleaned red power ties—of a higher professional political ranking.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • But the director sat with two men, by dint of haberdashery alone—well-fitted blue suits with subtle striping; dark, shiny mahogany loafers affixed with the je-ne-sais-quoi languor of tassels; fresh, un-dry-cleaned red power ties—of a higher professional political ranking.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • But the director sat with two men, by dint of haberdashery alone—well-fitted blue suits with subtle striping; dark, shiny mahogany loafers affixed with the je-ne-sais-quoi languor of tassels; fresh, un-dry-cleaned red power ties—of a higher professional political ranking.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • Sometimes I think readers would prefer if authors were more like their characters: swashbuckling, larger-than-life (if I keep munching on any more Fritos, my thighs may certainly achieve that goal), exuding a certain authorly je-ne-sais-quoi. more funny pictures

    Archive 2007-10-01 Nalini Singh 2007

  • I just wanted to alert you to the fact that the producers of hipster cysts also provide faux knuckle tattoo gloves for people who cannot commit to one single eight letter statement for life, yet want that hipster je-ne-sais-quoi.

    From The BSNYC Culture Desk: Art and Transience BikeSnobNYC 2008

  • I looked across the table to soft eyes and gentle scarcely seeing with my eye hovering on the edge of sense where the je-ne-sais-quoi tugs in peripheral shadows and lights

    Daydreaming 2005

  • I looked across the table to soft eyes and gentle scarcely seeing with my eye hovering on the edge of sense where the je-ne-sais-quoi tugs in peripheral shadows and lights

    Archive 2005-09-01 2005

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