Why this word is great
MINAUDERIE — [Noun] A display of affected, often coquettish mannerisms, particularly in speech or behavior. From French minauderie, derived from minauder ("to simper, behave affectedly"), of uncertain further origin, possibly imitative of coy gestures. Unlike "affectation" (which blankets all artificiality) or "coquetry" (which centers on flirtation’s intent), minauderie is the performance of pretense itself—the flutter of lashes a beat too long, the deliberate lilt of a voice pitched just shy of natural, the calculated tilt of a head as if perpetually awaiting a portrait. It is the art of seeming artless, a pantomime of spontaneity so practiced it becomes its own sincerity.