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4a L'argot
Slang and everyday expressions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |