One unhappy attendee is even heard to shout, “vive Lady Gaga!”
In 2000, he published another op-ed in the Post titled, spookily, ‘vive what difference?’
Yesterday a man is said to have cried, "vive la Republique!"
He cried out in a manly voice, with perfect assurance, "vive l'anarchie!"
Drawing it aside for the purpose, the words "vive la Patria!"
The answer to the broadside was a cry of "vive la Republique!"
I can never think of this scene without exclaiming, “vive Thomson!”
About as much as we're saying 'vive la République,' I should say.
How they placed their hands on their hearts while they shouted "vive la Republique!"
Then, raising his eyes to Heaven, he exclaimed, "vive la République!"
1590s (in vive le roi), from French, literally "long live ______;" French equivalent of viva (q.v.). Jocular phrase vive la différence in reference to the difference between men and women is recorded from 1963. Also in vive la bagatelle, literally "long live nonsense," denoting a carefree attitude to life.
