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swashbuckler
noun
a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
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If one is old enough, the word swashbuckler will call to mind Errol Flynn, the baddest, most romantic swashbuckler of them all during Hollywood鈥檚 Golden Age. Others may think of the dueling swordsmen from The Princess Bride. Swashbuckler is a compound whose first element is swash, a verb of imitative origin meaning 鈥渢o splash loudly or violently, dash about.鈥� A buckler is a small round shield held by a handgrip and having straps through which one鈥檚 arm is passed. A swashbuckler is a swaggering hero who makes a racket by striking the bad guy鈥檚 shield with his own or with his sword. Swashbuckler entered English in the mid-16th century.
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Even聽Johnny Depp, the linchpin of the series as the swishy swashbuckler Captain Jack Sparrow, knew that the last film, directed by聽Gore Verbinski聽(as were the first two), had lost its way.
The fairy tale is about a swashbuckler named Westley (Elwes) who has to rescue his true love, Buttercup (Robin Wright), before she is forced to marry the evil Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon).
脿 gogo
adverb
as much as you like; to your heart's content; galore: food and drink 脿 gogo.
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The colloquial phrase 脿 gogo comes from the name of a Parisian nightclub and discotheque Whisky 脿 Go-Go 鈥淲hisky Galore,鈥� which opened in 1947 and quickly became very hip (or hep). A similar club, Whisky a Go Go, opened in Chicago in 1958, and a third Whisky a Go Go opened in Los Angeles in 1964. The French phrase 脿 gogo means 鈥渁plenty, galore鈥�; it derives from a Middle French adverb sense 鈥渏oyfully, uninhibitedly, extravagantly,鈥� from the preposition 脿 鈥渢o鈥� and gogo, probably a reduplicated form of gogue 鈥渨itticism, fun, amusement.鈥� 脌 gogo first appears in print in 1960.
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… go up and out onto the Boulevard St.-Germain with its cafes a gogo for unlikely鈥恠eeming students and unpublished poets.
I was at my local park the other day, watching my sons playing tennis, and spotted the Mayor of London on another court鈥攂lond hair flying, Hawaiian shorts a go-go.
Preamble
noun
the introductory statement of the U.S. Constitution, setting forth the general principles of American government and beginning with the words, 鈥淲e the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union. 鈥︹��
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English preamble, 鈥渋ntroductory statement or paragraph,鈥� which has the variant spellings preambel, preambile, preambul in Middle English, comes from Old French preamble, preambule, from Medieval Latin preambulum, praeambulum 鈥減reliminary statement, preface (in legal documents).鈥� Praeambulum is a neuter adjective used as a noun from the Late Latin adjective praeambulus 鈥渨alking before,鈥� a compound of the Latin preposition and prefix prae, prae– 鈥渂efore, in advance鈥� (usually spelled pre– in English and completely naturalized), and the verb 补尘产耻濒腻谤别 鈥渢o walk, walk for health or pleasure, stroll.鈥� Preamble first appears in English in Chaucer鈥檚 鈥淲ife of Bath鈥檚 Tale鈥� (from The Canterbury Tales, after 1387). The legal sense 鈥渋ntroductory paragraph of a treaty, deed, will (or other legal document)鈥� dates to the second half of the 16th century. Preamble, with a capital P, specifically refers to the opening statement of the U.S. Constitution, signed on September 17, 1787. Beginning with the momentous phrase “We the people,” the Preamble lays out the principles and purpose of the Constitution and the government it establishes.
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Is not the preamble the foundation of our Constitution; does it not contain the basic principles, and is not the accomplishment of these principles the aim, the end and the essence of our government and Americanism?
… the Preamble is a declaration of purposes and the underlying spirit of the grand game, if such it may be called, of self-government and liberty to be played by the people of the United States.