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A.Word.A.Day--dolce vitaPronunciation: WAV or RealAudiodolce vita (DOL-chay VEE-tuh, -tah) noun A luxurious, self-indulgent way of life. [Italian : dolce, sweet + vita, life.] "Anyway, it was at Burger and Buns that my mentor imparted a nugget of wisdom that, he claimed, would enable me to live la dolce vita." Leyner, Mark, Take my third cousin, please, Esquire, 1 Mar 1996. This week's theme: foreignisms.
X-BonusThe art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one. -J. Russell Lynes (1910-1991)
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