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a close relationship or connection; an affair. The French meaning is broader; liaison also means "bond"' such as in une liaison chimique (a chemical bond) lingerie a type of female underwear. littérateur an intellectual (can be pejorative in French, meaning someone who writes a lot but does not have a particular skill). [36] louche
This slang is used as a parallel to the "like" word used by some American slang; the French word for "like", comme, may also be used. [example needed] These words appear often in the same sentence as the word tsé (tu sais = you know) as a form of slipped words within spoken structure.
Ke-mo sah-bee (/ ˌ k iː m oʊ ˈ s ɑː b iː /; often spelled kemo sabe, kemosabe or kimosabe) is the term used by the fictional Native American sidekick Tonto as the "Native American" name for the Lone Ranger in the American Lone Ranger radio program and television show.
Quebec French profanities, [1] known as sacres (singular: sacre; French: sacrer, "to consecrate"), are words and expressions related to Catholicism and its liturgy that are used as strong profanities in Quebec French (the main variety of Canadian French) and in Acadian French (spoken in Maritime Provinces, east of Quebec, and a portion of ...
Tonto recognizes the ranger as someone who had saved him when they were both boys. He refers to him by the title "ke-mo sah-bee", explaining that the phrase means "faithful friend" (radio series) or "trusty scout" (television series) in the language of his tribe. In the 2013 film, Tonto translates the word as meaning "wrong brother".
This French word can also be understood in slang as meaning "dumb". le grand Charles : This was used in political caricatures, referring to the tall height of de Gaulle (196 cm, 6'5"). Although used by caricaturists, there is often a friendly feeling to it, and it was used as the title for a 2006 TV-drama of his life .
Slang used or popularized by Generation Z (Gen Z; generally those born between the late 1990s and early 2010s in the Western world) differs from slang of earlier generations; [1] [2] ease of communication via Internet social media has facilitated its rapid proliferation, creating "an unprecedented variety of linguistic variation". [2] [3] [4]
Verlan is used by people to mark their membership in, or exclusion from, a particular group (generally young people in the cities and banlieues, although some French upper-class youth have also started using it as their slang); it is a tool for marking and delineating group identity. [3]