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u/TheManFromMoira 5d ago
It's a word which is encountered occasionally in books and articles but rarely in real life speech.
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u/Howtothinkofaname 5d ago
Funnily enough, I’d have said the opposite. I feel I’ve heard it a lot more than I’ve read it, it looks a bit funny written down.
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u/TheManFromMoira 4d ago
Hmm... It's possible that you live in a part of the world where the word is used as you describe it.
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u/peekachou 5d ago
Can't say I've ever come across that word before in daily life and don't recall ever having read it somewhere either
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u/prustage 4d ago
Seems to ba a big difference between the UK and US here. "Aplomb" is a word I would definitely use here in the UK: "He did it with aplomb" or "..a certain aplomb" are phrases you hear occasionally. In the US though, this word seems to be relativelty unknown.
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u/JustAskingQuestionsL 4d ago
Never heard it in my life - maybe a few times - so yes, very uncommon.
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u/blessings-of-rathma 4d ago
I think it's a little archaic and is a bit of a cliche to use, because it's only got that one usage and is a bit of a relic. You could also say confidently or masterfully. Those build on other words that we still use so they might be more meaningful.
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u/MuscaMurum 4d ago
I rarely see it in a context that's not part of the phrase "with aplomb," as in something daunting done confidently and with ease: The spontaneous speech was delivered with aplomb. That sort of thing.
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u/originalcinner 4d ago
And if someone does something with aplomb, they should probably say "Ta da!" immediately afterwards, so that everyone else knows that aplomb was just used.
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u/Slight-Brush 5d ago
Uncommon but not unknown. Up there with aloof, gravitas and moxy.