{"id":2060,"date":"2010-10-29T01:11:01","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T01:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=2060"},"modified":"2017-10-18T12:11:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T10:11:00","slug":"must-know-french-slang-laisse-beton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/must-know-french-slang-laisse-beton\/","title":{"rendered":"Must-Know French Slang: Laisse B\u00e9ton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><em>Oyez, oyez !<\/em> We&#8217;re now\u00a0<em>officiellement<\/em> about to cover\u00a0<em>la\u00a0premi\u00e8re moiti\u00e9 <\/em>(the first\u00a0half) of the alphabet\u00a0in our featured &#8220;<strong><em>B.A.-BA de l&#8217;argot<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; (&#8220;the ABC of French Slang&#8221;), and in order\u00a0to properly celebrate\u00a0this one\u00a0happy occasion, we shall concentrate today on one\u00a0and only\u00a0expression which, in many funny\u00a0ways, epitomizes French Slang: <em>&#8220;<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">LAISSE B\u00c9TON !<\/span><\/strong>&#8220;<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em><br \/>\n<\/em><strong>This is a &#8220;concrete&#8221; (uhm)\u00a0example of a\u00a0&#8220;<strong><em>b\u00e9tonni\u00e8re<\/em> <\/strong><em>qu&#8217;on a\u00a0laiss\u00e9 b\u00e9ton&#8221;&#8230;\u00a0<\/em>&#8211; Roughly translated:\u00a0A concrete mixer which was\u00a0&#8220;dropped like it&#8217;s hot.&#8221;\u00a0<em>\u00a0<\/em>If you still\u00a0don&#8217;t get it, then, well, <em>laisse b\u00e9ton&#8230; <\/em>Or just read the section below!<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cL Comme\u2026\u201d<\/em> (\u201cL as in\u2026\u201d):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">* L\u00a0 A\u00a0 I\u00a0 S\u00a0 S\u00a0 E<br \/>\nB\u00a0\u00a0 <em>\u00c9\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em>T\u00a0 \u00a0O\u00a0 \u00a0N\u00a0\u00a0 ! :<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Even if you knew the meaning of\u00a0each one of these\u00a0two words separately, it&#8217;d be impossible for you to understand what the overall expression means, unless you&#8217;re already acquainted with the French concept\u00a0of<em>\u00a0<strong>verlan<\/strong> !<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Like we saw\u00a0in previous posts of the <em><strong>B.A.-BA<\/strong><\/em>, the French word <em>&#8220;verlan&#8221; <\/em>means <strong>backslang<\/strong>. So, in this case, &#8220;<em><strong>b\u00e9ton<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; -which otherwise would literally mean &#8220;<strong>concrete<\/strong>&#8221; (the construction material, that is)- is in fact a\u00a0backslang for the verb &#8220;<strong><em>tomber<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;, or &#8220;to fall&#8221; in English.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Renaud - laisse b\u00e9ton\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/roOM_3M4Irg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>A funny\u00a0rendering of the famous\u00a0Renaud song <em>&#8220;Laisse b\u00e9ton&#8221;, <\/em>translating most of the\u00a0lyrics from French Slang into their literal\u00a0-and at times, &#8220;concrete&#8221;- meaning&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nCombining both verbs, <em>laisser <\/em>(to let) and <em>tomber <\/em>(to fall) would give us <em>&#8220;<strong>laisser tomber<\/strong>&#8220;<\/em>, which means &#8220;to let fall&#8221;, or to just &#8220;drop&#8221; something.<\/p>\n<p>A friend of yours would tell you: <em>&#8220;<strong>Allez, laisse b\u00e9ton, on s&#8217;en va !<\/strong>&#8220;<\/em>, that would mean: &#8220;Come on, drop it (or forget it), let&#8217;s just go!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, if after all this, if you still don&#8217;t get it, then, well, just <em>&#8220;<strong>laisse b\u00e9ton<\/strong>&#8221; <\/em>\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Once again, the links to the previous posts are listed here<em> alphab\u00e9tiquement.<br \/>\nLes voici, les voil\u00e0:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A: *\u00a0<a title=\"Permalink to B.A.-BA de l\u2019Argot: \u2018A\u2019 (the ABC of French Slang: \u2018A\u2019)\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/b-a-ba-de-largot-a-the-abc-of-french-slang-a\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><em>B.A.-BA de l\u2019Argot: \u2018A\u2019 (the ABC of French Slang: \u2018A\u2019)<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8211; B: *\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"Permalink to B.A.-BA de l\u2019Argot: \u2018B\u2019 (the ABC of French Slang: \u2018B\u2019)\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/b-a-ba-argot-b\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><em>B.A.-BA de l\u2019Argot: \u2018B\u2019 (the ABC of French Slang: \u2018B\u2019)<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"Permalink to B.A.-BA de l\u2019Argot: \u2018B\u2019 [Cont.] (the ABC of French Slang: \u2018B\u2019 [Cont.])\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/b-a-ba-argot-b2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><em>B.A.-BA de l\u2019Argot: \u2018B\u2019 [Cont.] (the ABC of French Slang: \u2018B\u2019 [Cont.])<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8211; C: *\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"Permalink to \u201cC comme\u2026\u201d B.A.-BA de l\u2019Argot (the ABC of French Slang: \u2018C\u2019)\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/b-a-ba-argot-c\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><em>\u201cC comme\u2026\u201d B.A.-BA de l\u2019Argot (the ABC of French Slang: \u2018C\u2019)<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"Permalink to \u201cC comme\u2026(\u00c7a Continue!)\u201d B.A.-BA de l\u2019Argot (the ABC of French Slang: \u2018C\u2019 [cont.])\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/b-a-ba-argot-c2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><em>\u201cC comme\u2026(\u00c7a Continue!)\u201d B.A.-BA de l\u2019Argot (the ABC of French\u00a0\u00a0 Slang: \u2018C\u2019 [cont.])<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8211; D: *\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"Permalink to \u201cD comme\u2026\u201d B.A.-BA de l\u2019Argot (the ABC of French Slang: \u2018D\u2019)\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/%e2%80%9cd-comme%e2%80%a6%e2%80%9d-b-a-ba-de-l%e2%80%99argot-the-abc-of-french-slang-%e2%80%98d%e2%80%99\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><em>\u201cD comme\u2026\u201d B.A.-BA de l\u2019Argot (the ABC of French Slang: \u2018D\u2019)<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8211; E: *\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"Permalink to \u201cE comme\u2026\u201d B.A.-BA de l\u2019Argot (the ABC of French Slang: \u2018E\u2019)\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/%e2%80%9ce-comme%e2%80%a6%e2%80%9d-b-a-ba-de-l%e2%80%99argot-the-abc-of-french-slang-%e2%80%98e%e2%80%99\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><em>\u201cE comme\u2026\u201d B.A.-BA de l\u2019Argot (the ABC of French Slang: \u2018E\u2019)<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8211; F: *\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"Permalink to \u201cF comme\u2026\u201d B.A.-BA de l\u2019Argot [1] (the ABC of French Slang: \u2018F\u2019 [1])\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/%e2%80%9cf-b-a-ba-argot\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><em>\u201cF comme\u2026\u201d B.A.-BA de l\u2019Argot: \u2018F\u2019\u00a0[1] (the ABC of French Slang: \u2018F\u2019 [1])<\/em><\/a><em><br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/%e2%80%9cf-comme%e2%80%a6%e2%80%9d-b-a-ba-de-l%e2%80%99argot-%e2%80%98f%e2%80%99-2-the-abc-of-french-slang-%e2%80%98f%e2%80%99-2\/\"><em>* \u201cF comme\u2026\u201d B.A.-BA de l\u2019Argot: \u2018F\u2019 [2] (the ABC of French Slang: \u2018F\u2019 [2])<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8211; G: *\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"Permalink to More French Slang! B.A.-BA de l\u2019Argot: \u201cLettre G\u201d (1\u00e8re partie)\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/more-french-slang-lettre-g-1ere-partie\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><em>More French Slang! B.A.-BA de l\u2019Argot: \u201cLettre G\u201d (1\u00e8re partie)<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0*\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"Permalink to More French SLANG! B.A.-BA de l\u2019Argot: \u201cLettre G\u201d (2\u00e8me partie)\u2014and ATTENTION aux MEUPORGs!\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/more-french-slang-g-2-meuporg\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><em>More French SLANG! B.A.-BA de l\u2019Argot: \u201cLettre G\u201d (2\u00e8me partie)\u2014and ATTENTION aux MEUPORGs!<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"Permalink to \u201cGRATOS!\u201d and other \u2018G\u2019 French Slang words (3\u00e8me partie)\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/gratos-and-other-g-french-slang-words-3eme-partie\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><em>\u201cGRATOS!\u201d and other \u2018G\u2019 French Slang words (3\u00e8me partie)<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8211; I:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0<\/em><a title=\"Permalink to \u2018I\u2019 comme \u201cIllico Presto!\u201d\u2014and more from le B.A.-BA de l\u2019Argot (The ABC of French Slang)\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/illico-presto-abc-of-french-slang\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><em>\u2018I\u2019 comme \u201cIllico Presto!\u201d\u2014and more from le B.A.-BA de l\u2019Argot (The ABC of French Slang)<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8211; J:\u00a0 * <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/mme-jesaistout\/\"><em>Madame JE-SAIS-TOUT (and more of the ABC of French Slang!)<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <em>K: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/hey-keum-tu-kiffes-largot-ou-koi-an-enkore-of-the-abc-of-french-slang\/\">\u201cHey KEUM, Tu KIFFES l\u2019argot ou KOI?\u201d (an enKore of the ABC of French Slang)<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/hey-keum-tu-kiffes-largot-ou-koi-an-enkore-of-the-abc-of-french-slang\/\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/10\/1-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/10\/1-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/10\/1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Oyez, oyez ! 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