Tuesday, 23 November 2010

RE: Word of the week - De-rigueur

 

 

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Warm Regards,

 

 

From: Ivy Ngu Chew Ju (SBO/PCSB)
Sent: 18 November 2010 11:20
To: {SBO_PCSB_ALL_1}
Subject: Word of the week - De-rigueur

 

Dear All,

 

Please to share

De-rigueur \duh ri-GUR \  , adjective

1. Strictly required, as by etiquette, usage, or fashion

 

Quotes:

 

1.    These innovations not only serve local industries and consumers, but also avail themselves of eco-friendly technologies that are de-rigueur  in today's environmentally conscious society.

-- Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, "There's no lack of technological innovation on the local stage," Bangkok Post

 

2.    I have said the trip was de-rigueur . No sooner do you announce to your friends in New York that you are going to California than they immediately cry out, "Ah, then you will see the Yo Semite !"

-- Mark Twain, The galaxy: Volume 10

 

 

Ivy Ngu C.J.

YPC: Education & Career

Production Department (SPD/P), SBO, PCSB

D/L: 088-525473, Petronet: 8-504-5473

 

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