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In France, the exact expression used is amuse-gueule, gueule being slang for mouth (gueule is the mouth of a carnivorous animal; when used to describe the mouth of a human, it is vulgar—akin to "gob"— although the expression in itself is not vulgar). The expression refers to a small mouthful of food, served at the discretion of the chef ...
Even English-language dialogue containing these words can appear on Quebec French-language television without bleeping. For example, in 2003, when punks rioted in Montreal because a concert by the band The Exploited had been cancelled, TV news reporters solemnly read out a few lyrics and song titles from their album Fuck the System .
A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant and Vulgar Words is a dictionary of slang originally compiled by publisher and lexicographer John Camden Hotten in 1859.. The first edition was published in 1859, with the full title and subtitle: A dictionary of modern slang, cant, and vulgar words: used at the present day in the streets of London, the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the houses of ...
Pages in category "French slang" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Article 15 (idiom) G.
Profanity in the French language, socially offensive language. Profanity is language that is generally considered by certain parts of a culture to be strongly impolite, rude, or offensive. It can show a debasement of someone or something, or be considered as an expression of strong feeling towards something.
Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence. 1811 edition of a dictionary compiled by Captain Grose in 1785. Transcription of canting terms from 1736 and published then by Nathan Bailey; The Lexicon of Thieves Cant
Emmanuel Macron has been accused of making sexist, racist and homophobic remarks by the French newspaper Le Monde. The report alleges that Macron told his former health minister Aurélien Rousseau ...
A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, by Francis Grose was first published in 1785. [2] [3] [4] Grose's work was arguably the most significant English-language slang dictionary until John Camden Hotten's 1859 A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words. [5]