Words, words, words (and phrases): Poncif

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Saturday, 29 September 2012

Poncif

Poncif (plural poncifs) is a French word sometimes used in literary English. It means stereotype, banality or derivative.

Introduction

My daughter Helen commented in November 2008 in her Blog that she was now keeping a notebook of new words that she came across during her reading. "This week I bought a lovely little leather bound book to write new words in as I read them . I've added a few from "1984", but my favourite has to be persiflage (from the French persifler) which means banter." I later discovered that my older daughter, Bryony, also kept a similar notebook.

This inspired me to create a Word blog. This will include both new words, favourite words and the origins of phrases that we commonly use. A definition and some comment, perhaps even a relevant quotation, will acompany the word or phrase.

Saturday, 29 September 2012

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