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  2. Category:French profanity - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Quebec French profanity - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Pardon my French - Wikipedia

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    Pardon my French" or "Excuse my French" is a common English language phrase for asking for excuse for one's profanity by the humorous assertion that the swear words were from the French language. It plays on the stereotype of Gallic sophistication, but can be used ironically.

  5. Category:Profanity by language - Wikipedia

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    French profanity (4 P) G. German profanity (7 P) P. ... Pages in category "Profanity by language" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.

  6. Profanity - Wikipedia

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    Profanity is often depicted in images by grawlixes, which substitute symbols for words.. Profanity, also known as swearing, cursing, or cussing, involves the use of notionally offensive words for a variety of purposes, including to demonstrate disrespect or negativity, to relieve pain, to express a strong emotion, as a grammatical intensifier or emphasis, or to express informality or ...

  7. 116 French names with meanings to consider for your new bebe

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    French baby names from Charlotte to Louis and Sophia are established favorites in the U.S., but nomenclature influenced by French culture is having a resurgence, after shows like “The New Look ...

  8. Talk:Quebec French profanity - Wikipedia

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    'The literal translation of the French verb sacrer is "to consecrate". However, in Quebec it is the proper word for the form of profanity used in Quebec French. The noun form is sacre.' Rather, I would consider that the proper translation would be "to swear". The correct french word for "to consecrate" would be "consacrer".

  9. Quebec French lexicon - Wikipedia

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    Quebec French profanity uses references to Catholic liturgical terminology, rather than the references to prostitution that are more common in France. Many English words and calques have also been integrated in Quebec French, although less than in France. In Quebec, borrowed English words tend to have the same meaning as the English word.