"He's such a fuck-up" = "C'est un pauvre con/un raté/un loser"
verb
sexual: baiser, niquer, coucher avec ; insulting: foutre, enculer
"I fucked up on my French test" = "J'ai foiré/raté mon examen de français"
"I fucked (up) my car" = "J'ai niqué ma bagnole"
"He fucked me over" = "Il m'a planté"
"I fucked your mother/mum/mam/mom" = "J'ai baisé/niqué ta mère"
"Fuck off" = "Va chier!", "Fous le camp" (see the verb 'Foutre')
"Fuck you"/"Go fuck yourself" = "Va te faire foutre/enculer" "VA niquer ta mère"
adjective
"This is fucking awful" = "Putain, ça craint"/"C'est bordelique"/"C'est de la merde"
"I am so fucked-up" = "J'suis barré/perché" (mental state); "J'suis totalement bourré(e)" (drunk);
"J'suis défoncé(e)" (high[marijuana])
adverb
"I am trying to fucking work here" = "J'essaie de bosser putain"
exclamation
"Fuck!" = "Merde !" ; "Putain !" ; "Bordel !"
n.b.: these can also be compounded in French, i.e., "Putain de merde !" "Putain de bordel de merde"
(for stringing these together, see the scene in the film Matrix Reloaded with the Frenchman in the restaurant)
Glossary
Notes on Pronunciation:
*To feel how R should be pronounced, gargle with water, then try gargling without water.
That is what your throat should be doing when pronouncing the R.
*The U is hardest for English speakers. The back of the throat should be stretched out as if you see a mouse and are saying "eee!", but the lips should be in a tight circle as if you are saying "ooo".
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Abruti(e)
n., A retard, an idiot
ah-BROO-tee
Accro
n., addict
ack-RO
Ado
n., teen; short for 'adolescent'
AH-doh
Apéro
n., Short for apéritif.
ah-PAIR-roh
Appart'
n., flat or apartment; short for 'appartement'
ah-PARRT
Aprèm'
n., Short for après-midi.
ah-PRIm
Bagnole
n., Slang for 'car'
ban-YOLE
Bahut
n., Slang for 'high school' (formerly for 'factory')
Barj' or Barjot
adj., crazy
n., a crazy person
BARge
BAHR-joe
Bander
v., to become erect, to get a hard-on
BAHN-day
Ben
interj. for 'well'. often used at the beginning of a phrase, and followed by "ouais" or "non"
Baañ ('baa' like the sound a sheep makes with a nasalized sound at the end) Bite
n., dick
bEEt
Blaireau
n., litt. 'badger', Loser
bl-AIR-roh
Le Bled
n., the boondocks
blED
Boule
n., litt. 'ball'. Synonym for 'tête', or 'head' in its slang usage; a rough equivalent in English would be
'face' rather than 'head', i.e.:
"Ta boule me manque" = "I miss seeing your sweet face"
Can also mean "balls" (as in testicles) or "arse"/"ass", as in "J'aime Trop Ton Boule" (I Want Your Ass), a song by by French Rapper Fatal Bazooka
bOOL
Bouffer
v., to eat
n., la bouffe, food
