French Slang

Question 0

Taf, taffe

Answer 0

Taf,taffe. **NM (= travail ) work

J’ai pas mal de taf; I’ve got quite a bit of work.

Question 1

taffe

Answer 1

NF **( de cigarette ) drag, puff

Question 2

mouise

Answer 2

être dans la mouise ** ( misère ) = to be flat broke.
( ennuis) to be up the creek.
c’est lui qui m’a sorti de la mouise**= he got me out of a hole.

Question 3

foutaise**

Answer 3

NF. (c’est de la )foutaise.= ( that’s ) bullshit** , crap **

Se disputer pour une foutaise = to quarrel over nothing.

Question 4

morfler**

Answer 4

(Souffrir ) to have a hard time of it.( = se faire battre ) to cop it.

J’ai une rage de dents qu’est-ce que je morfle!
I’ve got a tooth ache , it’s killing me !

Question 5

flancher **

Answer 5

(coer ) Pack up, give out, fail

sa mémoire a flanché = his memory failed him

Question 6

Plumard**nm

Answer 6

Bed, être encore au plumard. = to be still in ones bed.

Aller au plumard = to turn in , to hit the hay / the sack

Question 7

1. gicler vb /zikle/ (=jaillir) to spurt, to squirt.

2. gicler**?

Answer 7

(= être expulsé) (personne) to get the boot, the bums rush**
(+ objet) to be tossed out. Chucked out.
Gicleur (de vehicule ) jet.

Question 8

clébard, clebS

Answer 8

Mutt*
cabot *
roquet = a nasty little dog.

Question 9

Clamecer**

Answer 9

casser le pipe

Question 10

bobard*

Answer 10

NM = (mensonge) lie, fib.

(histoire) tall story, yarn

Question 11

bille = billard ball, marble.

bille**?

Answer 11

(= visage) mug** , face. bille de clown = funny face.
il a fait une drôle de bille! = You should have seen his face.
* = yeux , billes = round eyes.

Question 12

Ustensile

Answer 12

Gadget, implement,

Qu’est-ce que c’est que vet ustensile?*= what’s that gadget ou contraption.

Question 13

tata*

Answer 13

1. [langage enfantin] = ( tante ) auntie*

2. (= homosexuel) queer

Question 14

tatane nf /tatan/

Answer 14

A shoe

Question 15

barbaque**/barbak/

Answer 15

NF ( péj ) meat

Question 16

enquiquinement*

Answer 16

quel enquiquinement * = what a darned nuisance
quel emmerdement**
J’ai eu tellement enquiquinements avec cette voiture..
I had so many darned problemes with that car..
Vb enquiquiner = to annoy, bother,bore. VPR to be fed up,bored

Question 17

attirail*

Answer 17

NM gear, paraphernalia
attirail de cambrioleur = burglars tools
attirail de pêche = fishing tackle

Question 18

boucane**

Answer 18

NF /bukan/ ( Can ) smoke.
boucaner vt = to smoke, to cure, ( peau ) to tan.
Boucanier = pirate.

Question 38

embalmer **

Answer 38

1. (arrêter ) to nick, to run in **
2. (+ moteur)to race
3. ( enthousiasmer) ça m’a emballé = I loved it.
   L’idée n’navait pas l’air de l’emballer = he didn’t seem too keen …

Question 39

grabuge

Answer 39

il va y avoir du grabuge* = there’ll be ructions,
faire du grabage. = to create havoc
“la cérémonie de mariage entre jan et jean a rapidement tourné au grabuge samedi en marie de Nice avec trois gardes à vue.(NO “s”)