The French call it passe-pierre; and I suspect its English name is a corruption of sang-pierre. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through France and Italy] Reference
As for morality being "passe" -- that's an empty statement. From Wordnik.com. [Yesterday was the day the presidential campaign turned ugly.] Reference
After all, Pota knows novels about novelists are "passe" -- like novels about unhappy marriages, dysfunctional families and war. From Wordnik.com. [A Literary Suicide Note] Reference
"The military stuff is kind of passe," Ms. Cummings said. From Wordnik.com. [Drones Get Ready to Fly, Unseen, Into Everyday Life] Reference
| Reply | Permalink so everyone's pointed out how very "passe" this comparison is. From Wordnik.com. [McCain: Obama Would Equal Carter's Second Term] Reference
HOEN: Well, they're kind of passe now, especially, I guess, guys from World War II. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Sunday Morning News: Veterans Groups Take Center Stage as America Celebrates Memorial Day - May 28, 2000] Reference
Calling lecturing to a class of 400 students "passe," Norwood will give his theater-survey course by e-mail. From Wordnik.com. [Bush Prepares For The Blitz] Reference
I think that this whole thing about borrowing recipes from another is kind of passe now, with the advent of the Internet and. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Marth Stewart Discusses the Business Ventures That Made Her a Billionaire - February 2, 2000] Reference
TLA: a lot of the classics do; that's kind of passe' nowadays. so their doomsday prophecies were point number one that bothered me. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-09-01] Reference
AAC and MP3 sound for video are already "passe", as no purist would choose these formats over DTS or AC3. From Wordnik.com. [VideoHelp.com Forum] Reference
Doesn't it seem kind of passe now, all of that crazed going out and drunken slurring for the wobbly cameras of TMZ?. From Wordnik.com. [Gawker] Reference
And if Limbaugh is "passe" and his ideas are "outdated," why does he still reign supreme in the world of talk radio?. From Wordnik.com. [The Colossus of Rhodey] Reference
But, as much as it pains us to say this about as stellar a show as 30 Rock, aren't keynote parodies kind of passe at this point?. From Wordnik.com. [Gizmodo] Reference
Sad that so many react like one of the comments on the original article, with snarky references to 8-track tapes and other "passe" formats. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
Today "Mailgrams are passe," says lobbyist John Zorack. From Wordnik.com. [Watering The Grass Roots] Reference
Which is just as well, because navel baring is so passe. From Wordnik.com. [Newsmakers] Reference
As a result, stock grants became passe, and options got hot. From Wordnik.com. [Running Out Of Options] Reference
AND it came to passe the third day, and I sate vnder an oke. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
I am sure other critics will argue that Hoffman's book is simply passe. From Wordnik.com. [BOOKS: HOW THE MIGHTY FELL] Reference
The sorowes depe doe passe my ioyes, as Phebus light with stormes caste. From Wordnik.com. [A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike because all other partes of Rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an Oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde] Reference
AND it came to passe after seuen dayse, and I dreamed a dreame in the night. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
What looked very fun on HBO in August is suddenly looking troubling and passe. From Wordnik.com. [Giants Football: Safe for Grownups] Reference
But many experts, including Kurtz, are afraid that penny ante may soon be passe. From Wordnik.com. [Terror's Next Target?] Reference
They showed off their new frosted wigs, because Vogue said the beehives were passe. From Wordnik.com. [Martini Business] Reference
I was chagrined to learn that solitary confinement is apparently passe in our prisons. From Wordnik.com. [Why The Mess Really Matters] Reference
Most young Europeans I know would disapprove of the "Member States Challenge" game, regarding it as passe. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrating Euroland] Reference
So you think cold-war spy novels are passe and that you couldn't possibly be lured into reading another one?. From Wordnik.com. [Books: Life In The Spy Business] Reference
Gropp thinks they will be more interested in a room that will last years than an outfit that may be passe in an evening. From Wordnik.com. [Glossy Home Companions] Reference
They're two shades of pink -- a pale pink and a hot pink, but the thing is, the toes are really pointed, and that's passe. From Wordnik.com. [Q&A: Nancy Sinatra] Reference
It is generally impossible to say precisely when one generation gives way to the next, when a particular way of thinking becomes passe. From Wordnik.com. [A Real Racial Tipping Point] Reference
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