**LOUCHE TABBY**

louche (lōōsh) adj. Of questionable taste or morality; decadent: "The rebuilt [Moscow hotel] is home to the flashy, louche Western disco Manhattan Express" (Liesl Schillinger).

tab·by1 /ˈtæbi/ [tab-ee] plural -bies, adjective, verb, -bied, -by·ing.
–noun
1. a cat with a striped or brindled coat.
2.a domestic cat, esp. a female one.
3.a spinster.
4.a spiteful female gossip or tattler.(!)
5.plain weave.
6.a watered silk fabric, or any other watered material, as moreen. –adjective
7.striped or brindled.
8.made of or resembling tabby. –verb (used with object)
9.to give a wavy or watered appearance to, as silk.

dis·cuss (dĭ-skŭs') tr.v. dis·cussed, dis·cuss·ing, dis·cuss·es
1.To speak with another or others about; talk over.
2.To examine or consider (a subject) in speech or writing.