flaneur

May. 11th, 2006 07:01 am
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flaneur - n., an idle man-about-town, a loafer.


From French flâner, to saunter, stroll, lounge about. Coined by Baudelaire, apparently (how like him!). I note the existence of the La Société des Flâneurs Sans Frontières.

---L.

Date: 2006-05-11 07:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] movingfinger.livejournal.com
Those people look way too industrious to be flâneurs...

Date: 2006-05-11 09:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prettygoodword.livejournal.com
You've got a point.

---L.

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