flair

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(lede) by everyone (4.4 mon) (print)   (I like it!) Thu Jan 20 2000 at 17:55:51
Natural ability, talent or knack; as, the columnist's flair for the apt word. Also, stylishness; as, to dress with flair. Old French flairer (to give off an odor or scent).
(thing) by Sylvar (2 mon) (print)   (I like it!) Mon Jun 26 2000 at 17:57:36
In the film Office Space, the manager of Tchotchkie's (played by director Mike Judge) berates an employee for not wearing enough flair. She's only wearing 15 pieces of flair -- the bare minimum -- and he wants her to want to wear more of it.

In this case, flair refers specifically to buttons attached to one's suspenders. The ideal, I suppose, is to be unable to see the suspenders at all.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Sat Dec 24 2005 at 7:56:20

Flair (flar), n. [OE. flaireodor, fr. OF. & F. flair, fr. OF. flairier, F. flairer, to smell, LL. flagrare for L. fragrare. See Flagrant.]

1.

Smell; odor. [Obs.]

2.

Sense of smell; scent; fig., discriminating sense.

 

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