September 3, 2006 - Insouciant

Insouciant \in-SOO-see-uhnt\, adjective:
Marked by lighthearted unconcern or indifference; carefree; nonchalant.

The insouciant gingerbread man skips through the pages with glee, until he meets his . . . demise at the end.
-- Judith Constantinides, "The Gingerbread Man", School Library Journal, April 2002

They don't seem to care whether they become stars or not, and their irony . . . has a scoffing, insouciant feel.
-- Thomas Frank, "Pop music in the shadow of irony", Harper's Magazine, March 1998

The British right is not so rich in ideas and projects that it can afford to be insouciant about a new one.
-- John Lloyd, "The Anglosphere Project", New Statesman, March 13, 2000

Insouciant is from the French, from in-, "not" + souciant, "caring," present participle of soucier, "to trouble," from Latin sollicitare, "to disturb," from sollicitus, "anxious." The noun form is insouciance.

Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for insouciant

This seems appropriate.



I suppose I could give the link, but it's no big deal, nothing no one else would do. I'm totally nonchalant about it.

This one is interesting. It was made as a gift from one good friend to another on the recipient's wedding day. I just like the combination of the music and the art. The end sequence was surprising, but somehow doesn't feel inappropriate given the fact that this is a private communication between two people.



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