Learned a new word today -- had to look it up in ye ol' dick-tionary.
The word is bourse.
Know what it means? I'll give you a minute to think about it...
Okay, time's up. A bourse is an exchange, or specifically a European stock exchange.
Thank you, smarty-pants New York Times for using an obscure Middle French word rather than some other, common, less-sophisticated word that would make a lot more sense to us here in the dumb old U.S. of A. Like I have the time to research your erudite locutions in my wordbook, sirs. I'm a busy dude, man!
(Alright, fine. Before you get uppity with me, I'll just say it now: maybe I'm not as busy as I pretend to be.)
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