lux

[Laurence Horn]

On Jul 13, 2012, at 12:27 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> A CNN travel maven calls a resort in Montana "very intimate, very
> beautiful, and very lux."
>
> Not "de luxe."
>
> Lux. Maybe for "luxurious." Or maybe for the soap.
>
Or for the (tacit) Yale connection.  If you want veritas too, you have to pay extra.

LH

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