{"id":462,"date":"2010-04-28T17:39:46","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T17:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=462"},"modified":"2017-10-19T10:50:32","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T08:50:32","slug":"abc-french-slang-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/abc-french-slang-b\/","title":{"rendered":"The ABCs of French Slang: B Expressions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aujourd’hui, nous allons couvrir la lettre ‘B’ (Today, we shall cover the letter ‘B’.)<\/em><\/div>\n
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* Bachoter:<\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/em>Meaning to study crazily hard. For example: “Pour devenir un \u00e9<\/em>narque, tu dois bachoter<\/strong> comme un dingue!” <\/em>(“In order to become an \u00e9naque<\/em>, you must study like crazy!”) What is\u00a0an “\u00e9narque<\/em>“? Well, see for yourself\u00a0“What is an \u00c9narque<\/em>?” (https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/what-is-an-enarque\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n

* Bagnole:<\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/em>It’s funny to see how many French people are surprised to find out the first time\u00a0that Americans have no “commonly used” slang word for a car (do you call it a ‘wagon’, sometimes?) For the French, it is a very\u00a0usual thing to say “bagnole”, or “caisse”, to talk about a car. An example\u00a0from the\u00a0“ami-ami<\/strong><\/em>” video\u00a0posted last time: “T’as vu un peu la poursuite de\u00a0bagnoles dans\u00a0Deux Flics\u00a0\u00e0 Miami”? <\/em>(“Did you see that car chase in Miami Vice?”)
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\nPetit Quiz:<\/span> Who can tell\u00a0what the French title of this movie is?
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