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du jour

[duh zhoor, doo; Fr. dy zhoor] Origin

du jour

[duh zhoor, doo; Fr. dy zhoor]
noun
1.
as prepared on the particular day; of the kind being served today: The soup du jour is split pea.
2.
fashionable; current: environmentalism and other issues du jour.

Origin:
< French: of the day
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Du jour is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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du jour (duː ˈʒɔː, French dy ʒur)
 
adj
informal (postpositive) currently very fashionable or popular: the young writer du jour
 
[C20: from French, literally: of the day (as used on restaurant menus of items that change daily)]

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du jour
from Fr. plat du jour "dish of the day," early 20c. on restaurant menus, abstracted as an all-purpose modifier 1989.
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