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a stereotypically effeminate gay man or lesbian (slang, pronounced as written). In French, femme (pronounced 'fam') means "woman." fin de siècle comparable to (but not exactly the same as) turn-of-the-century but with a connotation of decadence, usually applied to the period from 1890 through 1910. In French, it means "end of the century", but ...
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.
In British English, fanny has been a vulgar slang term for vagina or vulva since the 1830s. In American English, fanny is a slang term for the buttocks that has been in use since World War I. [5] In New Zealand, the Registrar of Births will no longer accept the name for a baby's birth certificate because the name might be considered offensive. [6]
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 ...
On the Feb. 2 edition of Hoda & Jenna, the hosting duo puzzled over a popular Gen Z slang term — "babygirl" — that's making the rounds. Hoda and Jenna defined "babygirl" as having a specific ...
The name might have originated as a combination of the name Beryl with the prefix Cher-from the French chérie, meaning darling (from the past participle of the verb chérir, to cherish). [1] The name has also been considered a variant of Charles, which is pronounced SHARL in French. Cheryl has been in use as a feminine name since the early ...
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Chloe (/ ˈ k l oʊ i /; [1] Greek: Χλόη [note 1]), also spelled Chloë, Chlöe, or Chloé, is a feminine name meaning "blooming" or "fertility" in Greek.The name ultimately derives, through Greek, from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰelh₃-, which relates to the colors yellow and green.