{"id":1443,"date":"2010-08-25T18:55:08","date_gmt":"2010-08-25T18:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=1443"},"modified":"2017-10-18T13:38:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T11:38:22","slug":"french-slang-expressions-with-the-letter-g-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-slang-expressions-with-the-letter-g-2\/","title":{"rendered":"French Slang Expressions with the Letter G (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

La derni\u00e8re fois<\/em> (last time), we dealt with la premi\u00e8re partie <\/em>(the first part) of the letter “G<\/strong>“,\u00a0as we introdued the slang\u00a0words: “gaga<\/strong>” <\/em>(senile), “gal\u00e8re<\/strong>” <\/em>(tough time), <\/em>“gamin<\/em><\/strong>” (a kid), <\/em>and “g\u00e9ant” <\/strong><\/em>(awesome.)<\/p>\n

“G comme…”:<\/span><\/strong> “<\/em>G as in…”<\/em>\u00a0:<\/p>\n

* GIVR\u00c9:<\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/em>Just as in “dingue” <\/strong><\/em>(see <\/em>\u201cD comme\u2026\u201d B.A.-BA de l\u2019Argot (the ABC of French Slang: \u2018D\u2019)<\/em><\/a>) or “barge\/bargeot” <\/strong><\/em>(seeB.A.-BA de l\u2019Argot: \u2018B\u2019 (the ABC of French Slang: \u2018B\u2019)<\/em><\/a>), the argot term “givr\u00e9<\/em><\/strong>” means “crazy” or “nuts.”
\nLiterally,\u00a0“givr\u00e9<\/em><\/strong>” means “frost.” A “double entendre” song\u00a0which plays on both meanings,\u00a0the literal and the figurative, is “Faut Quand M\u00eame \u00catre Givr\u00e9<\/em><\/strong>” (“One Has To Be Really Nuts”), by this Grenoblois (i.e. from the city of\u00a0Grenoble<\/strong>) band:
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