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  2. Quebec French profanity - Wikipedia

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    Sheila Fischman's translation of La Guerre, yes Sir! (published under that title in French and English and meaning roughly "War, you bet!"), by Roch Carrier, leaves many sacres in the original Quebec French, since they have no real equivalent in English. She gives a brief explanation and history of these terms in her introduction, including a ...

  3. Quebec French lexicon - Wikipedia

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    An idiot, a fool, an annoying and childish person niais="stupid", "simpleton" Can be said to describe a thing too, like : "C'est donc ben niaiseux ce film là!"(this movie is really dumb!). Niaiserie (pronounced [njɛɪ̯zʁi]), Niaisage (pronounced [njɛɪ̯zaːʒ]) Something that is dumb, childish, frivolous and a waste of time Connerie

  4. Idiot - Wikipedia

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    The word "idiot" ultimately comes from the Greek noun ἰδιώτης idiōtēs 'a private person, individual' (as opposed to the state), 'a private citizen' (as opposed to someone with a political office), 'a common man', 'a person lacking professional skill, layman', later 'unskilled', 'ignorant', derived from the adjective ἴδιος idios 'personal' (not public, not shared).

  5. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    (slang) idiot; a general term of abuse, from Red Dwarf. snog (slang) a 'French kiss' or to kiss with tongues (US [DM]: deep kiss, not necessarily with tongues). Originally intransitive (i.e. one snogged with someone); now apparently (e.g. in the Harry Potter books) transitive. [citation needed] soap dodger one who is thought to lack personal ...

  6. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    In French, les objets trouvés, short for le bureau des objets trouvés, means the lost-and-found, the lost property. outré out of the ordinary, unusual. In French, it means outraged (for a person) or exaggerated, extravagant, overdone (for a thing, esp. a praise, an actor's style of acting, etc.); in that second meaning, belongs to "literary ...

  7. Leonardo DiCaprio Should’ve Played the Cop and Not the ‘Idiot ...

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    Paul Schrader wrote Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull,” and it appears he would’ve handled things differently had he been the one to pen “Killers of the Flower Moon.”

  8. Poll: When thinking of Trump, US voters say 'idiot' is the ...

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    If the president had to describe the results in one word he'd probably say "sad!" Click through the top 25 words US voters used to describe Trump: "Idiot" was the most popular response.

  9. List of South African slang words - Wikipedia

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    Depending on context, the slang/derogatory version can mean prat, twat, idiot but most commonly understood as a translation of "arsehole" or "cunt", which in that case would be considered highly offensive. doos dronk - stupid drunk; dop – alcohol, to drink alcohol, to fail a test. Originally refers to a tot (measure).