vogue, trend, style
(noun) the popular taste at a given time; “leather is the latest vogue”; “he followed current trends”; “the 1920s had a style of their own”
vogue
(noun) a current state of general acceptance and use
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vogue (countable and uncountable, plural vogues)
The prevailing fashion or style.
Popularity or a current craze.
(dance) A highly stylized modern dance that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene in the 1960s.
(Polari) A cigarette.
vogue (third-person singular simple present vogues, present participle voguing, simple past and past participle vogued)
(intransitive) To dance in the vogue dance style.
(Polari) To light a cigarette.
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Vogue
A fashion and lifestyle magazine.
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Source: Wiktionary
Vogue, n. Etym: [F. vogue a rowing, vogue, fashion, It. voga, fr. vogare to row, to sail; probably fr. OHG. wag to move, akin to E. way. Cf. Way.]
1. The way or fashion of people at any particular time; temporary mode, custom, or practice; popular reception for the time; -- used now generally in the phrase in vogue. One vogue, one vein, One air of thoughts usurps my brain. Herbert. Whatsoever its vogue may be, I still flatter myself that the parents of the growing generation will be satisfied with what Burke. Use may revive the obsoletest words, And banish those that now are most in vogue. Roscommon.
2. Influence; power; sway. [Obs.] Strype.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 February 2025
(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
