(pronounced FOH-lee-ay-ted)
This is not what you make an appointment at the spa for – that’s exfoliation. No, this happy little word is related to foliage – i.e., trees and leaves – and actual foils
(pronounced foh-LEE duh-grahn-DUHR)
This elegant sounding French term means delusions of grandeur or megalomania — i.e., a lust for power, usually at the expense of others.
Example:
(pronounced FAH-lee)
Though this fun-to-say word means a foolish act, a costly, misdirected undertaking, or a lack of good sense to most of the world, in the architecture and design sense it is used to
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