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the only French word the French don't use for an encore.

means A demand for a repeat performance, or the extra piece an artist plays in response to one.

from Straight from the French "encore," meaning "again" or "still." English audiences began shouting it at performers sometime in the 18th century — but here's the joke: the French themselves cry "bis!" (Latin for "twice") when they want more. So "encore" became a thoroughly English use of a French word, the kind of borrowing that would baffle a Parisian. The French "encore" itself likely descends from a Vulgar Latin phrase along the lines of "hinc ad horam" — "from this hour" — worn down over centuries into a single word for "yet, still, again."

french meaning
Literally just means 'again' or 'still'
french term
The French shout 'bis' instead
origin
English audiences adopted it in the 1700s
surprise tactic
Often planned, rehearsed, and faked spontaneous
latin root
Possibly from 'hinc ad horam,' until now
for instance

radiohead ok computer tour — band performed album in full multiple times, 1997-1998, due to audience demand

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