Some of you may feel sense of relief over the fact that I’ve not been lecturing on etymology for quite a while now. Others – not naming any names here – may actually miss it. Me personally, I think it’s been far too long since we’ve had a good old-fashioned WOTD. So, without further ado, here’s today’s good word from Merriam Webster: Insouciance. And just in case you were wondering, that means “lighthearted unconcern” or “nonchalance.” Not that anybody needed a lecture. Ahem.
While it’s one thing to be a couple of trustafarians taking a year off waiting for your luxury Florida mansion to finish construction – you can read the full Javanka story from Vanity Fair, here – it’s quite another when you don’t have two nickels to rub together. Having spent far more of my life in the latter condition than the first, you can probably guess where my true sympathies lie. But hey, no worries. In the spirit of lighthearted unconcern, let’s evince insouciance and let bygones be bygones. You know: “Devil May Care” rather than “Devil Take The Hindmost.” Get it? Got it. Or, to quote the byline from Vanity Fair…
“WE ALL COULD USE A VACATION AFTER THAT”
Amen.