I heard the word on 40 Year Old Virgin, when he is describing making egg salad. I have also hear it being used on a fashion show to describe the necklace to make a perfect outfit ("now all you need it this necklace, it is the perfect accushmal") and in a cooking show for a topping being "the accoshmal" Im assuming itmeans something like the "icing on the cake" Does anybody know?
2007-09-10 13:01:44 · 4 answers · asked by grafix_girl2000 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I really wanted
an egg-salad sandwich.
And I was just obsessing
about it and I was like:
"Man, I'm gonna
make one of those."
So Saturday I went out
and I got, like,
a dozen eggs...
and I boiled them all
and then I just...
I spent, I don't know,
probably three hours...
like, three-and-a-half hours
making...
you know, the mayonnaise
and the onions and paprika...
and, you know,
all the accoutrement.
2007-09-10 13:52:42 · answer #1 · answered by Beardo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word may have been "accoutrement," which is from French, and the French pronunciation sounds somewhat like the way you spelled it. It means an accessory, especially a clothing accessory, which fits with the context you described.
2007-09-10 13:19:48 · answer #2 · answered by zak_track 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Our friends have given you the answer. Just to ice the cake, the pronunciation is (Akootremaun).
2007-09-10 13:54:52 · answer #3 · answered by picador 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I bet it's "accoutrement", meaning an accessory.
2007-09-10 13:20:45 · answer #4 · answered by TurtleFromQuebec 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋