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Chic /ˈʃiːk/, meaning "stylish" or "smart", is an element of fashion.
Chic is a French word, established in English since at least the 1870s. Early references in English dictionaries classified it as slang and New Zealand-born lexicographer Eric Partridge noted, with reference to its colloquial meaning, that it was "not so used in Fr[ench]."Gustave Flaubert notes in Madame Bovary (published in 1856) that "chicard" (one who is chic) is then Parisian very current slang for "classy" noting, perhaps derisively, perhaps not, that it was bourgeoisie. There is a similar word in German, schick, with a meaning similar to chic, which may be the origin of the word in French; another theory links chic to the word chicane. Although the French pronunciation (shēk or "sheek") is now virtually standard and was that given by Fowler,chic was often rendered in the anglicised form of "chick".
In a fictional vignette for Punch (c. 1932) Mrs F. A. Kilpatrick attributed to a young woman who 70 years later would have been called a "chavette" the following assertion: "It 'asn't go no buttons neither ... That's the latest ideer. If you want to be chick you just 'ang on to it, it seems".
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Plot: John Clark is a man with a wonderful job, a charming wife and a loving family, who nevertheless feels that something is missing as he makes his way every day through the city. Each evening on his commute home, John sees a beautiful woman, staring with a lost expression through the window of a dance studio. Haunted by her gaze, John impulsively jumps off the train one night, and signs up for dance lessons, hoping to meet her. At first, it seems like a mistake. His teacher turns out to be not Paulina, but the older Miss Mitzi, and John proves just as clumsy as his equally clueless classmates on the dance-floor. Even worse, when he does meet Paulina, she icily tells John she hopes he has come to the studio to seriously study dance and not to look for a date. But, as his lessons continue, John falls in love with dancing. Keeping his new obsession from his family and co-workers, John feverishly trains for Chicago's biggest dance competition. His friendship with Paulina blossoms, as his enthusiasm rekindles her own lost passion for dance. But the more time John spends away from home, the more his wife becomes suspicious. With his secret about to be revealed, John will have to do some fancy footwork to keep his dream going and realize what it is he really yearns for.
Keywords: adultery, backless-dress, ballroom-dancing, bar, being-followed, chicago-illinois, coat, dance, dance-competition, dance-contestActors: Armin Shimerman (actor), Amanda Fuller (actress), Danny Saphire (editor), Gilley Grey (producer), Marc Scott Zicree (producer), Marc Scott Zicree (writer), Robi Michael (director), Michael Thompson (actor), Bobby Brewer (actor), Thomas Sammon (producer), Amelia T. Hambrecht (miscellaneous crew), Elaine Zicree (producer), Elaine Zicree (writer), William Vogt (actor), Zoe Warner (actress),
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Plot: Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO, Michael Jennings, is the kind of person who doesn't care whether or not oil spills into the ocean or onto the land, just as long as it's making money for him. He even makes commercials that make him look like he cares about the environment. Jennings is almost finished with building his new state-of-the art oil rig: AEGIS-1. The problem is that if he doesn't finish building the rig in thirteen days, the land rights will be returned to the Eskimos and the Alaskan government. When Jennings finds out that Taft's best friend Hugh Palmer has a computer disk that contains information about defective equipment on AEGIS-1, he sends out his goons to murder Palmer. When Taft tries to interfere, Jennings tries to kill Taft. But an Eskimo woman named Masu, who introduces Taft to her father Silook, the chief of her tribe, rescues Taft. With Masu's help, Taft begins a trek through the Alaskan wilderness, heading straight for AEGIS-1 and to destroy it before it destroys all of the forest.
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Plot: One man's quiet suburban life takes a sickening lurch for the worse when a young couple move into the deserted house next door. From the word go it is obvious these are not the quiet professional types who *should* be living in such a nice street. As more and more unbelievable events unfold, our hero starts to question his own sanity... and those of his family.
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Genres: Comedy, Music,Est-ce que c'est chic
Ou simplement ordinaire
Est-ce que c'est chic chic
Être en vedette
Est-ce que c'est chic
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Est-ce que c'est chic chic
Won't get far
Hangin' at the local bar
Will she ever be a star
And ride around in a fancy car
And buy expensive things
Like furs and diamond rings
All alone she lives her life
In the midst of us
She can't believe her eyes
All the rest of her
And it's the little things
She says to me
Makes me think the girl's
In need of a family
Est-ce que c'est chic
Ou simplement ordinaire
Est-ce que c'est chic chic
Être en vedette
Est-ce que c'est chic
Ou simplement ordinaire
Est-ce que c'est chic chic
It's really strange
Everytime I hear her name
Will she always be the same
Just spendin' life in search of fame
You should see the girl
She's such a crazy thing
Every night it's the same old dream
Rehearsing lines for tomorrow's scenes
But it's real in the morning babe
And it's the little things
She says to me
Makes me think the girl's
In need of a family
Est-ce que c'est chic
Ou simplement ordinaire
Est-ce que c'est chic chic
Être en vedette
Est-ce que c'est chic
Ou simplement ordinaire
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