Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nostalgie de la boue

/ˌnoʊstɑlˈʒiː də lɑ ˈbuː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nos-tal-gie de la boue
IPA: /ˌnoʊstɑlˈʒiː də lɑ ˈbuː/

21

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A yearning for something base or vile.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"You’re one of those half-insane, perverted women who must run after depravity, the nostalgie de la boue."
"Politics, like Rock, Pop and Camp, has its uses; but to put one's whole status on the line for nostalgie de la boue in any of its forms would be unprincipled."
"The fastidious and solitary public-schoolboy [George Orwell] dosses down with tramps and tarts and forces himself to endure bedbugs and chamberpots and lockups. The extraordinary thing about this nostalgie de la boue is that it is undertaken with a humorous self-consciousness and without a tinge of religious abjection or mortification."
"Mr. Smith [Shane Smith] called the appeal of the trailer-park aesthetic purveyed by Vice the latest twist on bohemia's old nostalgie de la boue."

Etymology

Borrowed from French nostalgie de la boue (literally “nostalgia for mud”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: nostalgie de la boue

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

How do you pronounce nostalgie de la boue?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌnoʊstɑlˈʒiː də lɑ ˈbuː/.
What does nostalgie de la boue mean?: A yearning for something base or vile.
Where does nostalgie de la boue come from?: It is traced to French.

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