voguish
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Origin of voguish
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Back then it was a voguish noun, borrowed from French, that described the unconscious structure of an ideology or a text.
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023
The new owners are converting much of the tourist-centric center to offices for rent and trying to make it more appealing to locals with voguish restaurants and comfortable spots to linger over coffee.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2021
And such voguish redundancies as “a made field goal,” “the painted area,” “fan base,” and “score the basketball” rarely if ever cross his lips.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2021
“For all the enthusiasm, concrete buildings are still being needlessly demolished,” says Calder, “at the same time as being almost excessively voguish on social media. It is a catastrophic waste of resources.”
From The Guardian • Feb. 26, 2019
In recent years, behavioral science has become a voguish field.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 15, 2017
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