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4a L'argot
Slang and everyday expressions
Term | Definition |
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une bagnole | a car, a ride |
une balle | a unit of currency, a buck |
une fac | an educational department |
la gueule | the face |
un bécot/un bisou | a kiss, a smooch |
un accro | an addict |
un ado | a teenager, a teen |
un bordel | a mess, a SNAFU |
un béguin | a crush |
un bled | a crummy locality, the boondocks |
un boulot | a job |
le charabia | gibberish, gobbledygook |
un con/connard/une conne/connarde | a jerk |
un flic | a cop |
le fric | money |
un frigo | a refrigerator, a fridge |
un gamin | a young person, a kid |
un mec | a guy |
un plouc | a slob, a sloppy nerd |
un pote | a friend, a buddy |
un salaud/une salope | an evil person, a “bastard” |
un tas | a pile of stuff |
un truc | a thing, a watchmakallit |
bavarder | to chitchat |
bouffer | to eat |
bûcher | to work hard (to log and split wood) |
se casser | to leave (to break oneself) |
déconner | to mess around, to talk crap |
foutre | to do (the “F” word) |
se gourer | to make a mistake |
rigoler | to have a laugh, to kid around |
chouette | Great! |
débile | “Awesome!”, lit. weak |
dégueulasse | disgusting |
dingue | crazy |
kif-kif | same-same |
moche | mediocre, crummy |
nature | plain |
génial/géniale | great, brilliant |
malin/maligne | clever, smart |
marrant/marrante | funny |
maudit/maudite | damned |
[un] pépère/[une] mémère | old man, old woman (pejorative) |
et patati et patata | yadda, yadda, yadda |
super | fantastic, very _ |
vachement | tremendously, really |