Today's Word "aplomb"
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aplomb \uh-PLOM\ (noun) - Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession; confidence; coolness.
"His initial broadcasting success was due at least as much to his considerable professional aplomb as it was to his father's broadcasting connections." -- John A. Jackson, 'American Bandstand: Dick Clark and the Making of a Rock 'n' Roll Empire'
Aplomb is from the French word meaning "perpendicularity, equilibrium, steadiness, assurance," from the Old French phrase a plomb , from a , "according to" (from Latin ad ) + plomb , "lead weight" (from Latin plumbum , "lead").
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