contretemps \KAHN-truh-tahn\, noun;plural contretemps \-tahnz\:
An inopportune or embarrassing situation or event; a hitch.
Contretemps comes from French, from contre, "against" (from Latin contra) + temps, "time" (from Latin tempus).
jape \JAYP\, noun, verb: (the word of the day for 1st April... very appropriate)
1. A joke or jest.
2. A trick or prank.
3. To joke; to jest.
4. To make fun of; to mock.
Jape comes from Middle English, probably from Old French japer, "to yap, to chatter."
I'd love to see or hear some of these words actually used in a sentence... But you never know just when that particular word will come in handy*.:-)
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