FYW 238: French Slang Expressions (3)

By popular demand, I have recorded a series of episodes to help you learn or recognise common French slang expressions. As you may know, the French you learn in the classroom and the French you hear in the street or in the movies can sometimes sound quite different!

Warning : in this episode, I've gathered some very familiar, common French expressions around pee, poo and fart. Not appropriate for children’s ears (or if you’re easily shocked).

Vocabulary and Spelling of the French Words mentioned in this episode

Emmerder

"Les non-vaccinés, j'ai très envie de les emmerder" (E. Macron)

« Arrêtez d'emmerder les Français » (Georges Pompidou)

Je t’emmerde

Faire chier

(ça) fait chier, j’ai perdu mes clés à la plage. / J’ai pas envie d’aller à ce dîner, ça me fait chier / madame Martin me fait chier avec ces questions débiles.

Chiant,e (adj)

Ma sœur est trop chiante. / C’est chiant de se lever le lundi matin.

Il pleut comme vache qui pisse.

se pisser dessus

n'en avoir rien à péter

péter plus haut que son cul

pété de tunes/thunes : rolling in it, loaded

péter les plombs / un câble : blow a fuse, lose it, go berserk (psycho. Breakdown)

péter la forme / le feu : to be in tip-top form, to be in great shape

se la péter : to show off, to brag

être pété/mort de rire (ptdr, mdr)

If you enjoyed this episode, you may also find my short eBook "How to improve your French conversation skills" useful! It includes a section featuring common differences between French as you know is and as it is actually spoken in real life