Du-jour
[duh zhoo r, doo; French dy zhoor] /də ˈʒʊər, du; French dü ˈʒur/
adjective
1.
as prepared on the particular day; of the kind being served today:
The soup du jour is split pea.
2.
fashionable; current:
environmentalism and other issues du jour.
/duː ˈʒɔː; French dy ʒur/
adjective
1.
(postpositive) (informal) currently very fashionable or popular: the young writer du jour
adj.
from French plat du jour “dish of the day,” early 20c. on restaurant menus, abstracted as an all-purpose modifier 1989.
adjective phrase
Of today; of the day; current: Thought du jour/ Kennedy would quiz aides about the crisis du jour/ Where would the management gurus du jour find grist for their latest best-sellers?
[1990s+; fr French, ”of the day,” used to identify the day’s specialties in restaurants]
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