Please note that ‘ain’t’ isn’t exclusively American English, as is commonly believed. The writer Charles Dickens (British, 19th century) put the word ‘ain’t’ regularly into the mouths of his characters, many of whom were working-class Londoners (Cockney). “Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he’s well dressed. There ain’t much credit [...]
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Clébard : mutt Corniaud/cabot (chien bâtard) : mongrel Corniaud(idiot) : (*)tosser, (*)arsehole Share on Facebook
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Attention, ce mot est beaucoup plus grossier en Grande Brétagne qu’aux états-unis, où il veut dire plutôt ‘idiot’. Branleur : wanker, jerk Share on Facebook
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I hear these terms all the time in the American series I watch dubbed in French! (FBI, Les Experts, Cold Case etc) Espèce de pourriture/ordure : (!)scum/filth/scumbag Share on Facebook
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Is this Marseille slang or is it common everywhere in France? Pétasse : (!)slut, (!)slag, (!)tart Share on Facebook
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kiffer : to like / to fancy (British Slang) Share on Facebook
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fastoche : easy as pie, a cinch, easy-peasy (enfantile) Share on Facebook
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fringues : clothes (pas d’argot) frinqué : decked out – he was decked out in his best suit and tie Share on Facebook
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En anglais, les prénoms masculins populaires deviennent souvent des mots argotiques, soit pour le pénis, soit pour un imbecile. Ils varient selon les tendances de prénoms pour chaque génération. zizi : percy (ne plus utilisé), Willy , Dick imbecile/con: Charlie, Wally, Dick ( de ‘dickhead’ : tête de noeud) Notez que ‘Dick’, ‘Dicky’, ‘Rick’ ‘Ricky’, [...]
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la morve : snot morveux (enfant turbulent) : brat enfant morveux : snotty-nosed kid I couldn’t be a school teacher – I’d hate to work with a bunch of snotty-nosed kids all day! Share on Facebook
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casse-pied : a pain in the neck/ (*)a pain in the arse Mais qu’il est casse-pied! He’s such a pain in the neck Arrete de me casser les pieds : stop being a pain in the neck / stop bothering me Share on Facebook
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