{"id":505,"date":"2010-05-05T00:35:22","date_gmt":"2010-05-05T00:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=505"},"modified":"2017-10-19T10:43:32","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T08:43:32","slug":"french-slang-with-b-bis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-slang-with-b-bis\/","title":{"rendered":"French Slang Expressions with the Letter B (bis)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Before we continue le B.A.-BA de l’Argot <\/em>(the ABC of French Slang), let’s say\u00a0merci <\/em>to Jennie for her posts: Ils d\u00e9chirent un max !\u00a0<\/em>(Translation? It will most likely\u00a0be in the ‘D’ letter of the B.A.-BA…<\/em>)<\/div>\n

We saw last time bachoter<\/strong><\/em>; bagnole<\/em>; barbant<\/em><\/strong>; barge\/bargeot<\/em><\/strong>; se barrer<\/em>; baston<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

I must also say a special merci<\/em> to mon amie<\/em> Blair (and her copine Audrey)\u00a0for suggesting the following English slang equivalences:<\/div>\n

– Cramming = bachoter.<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Example:<\/strong> “<\/em>I\u2019m cramming for my exam tonight.”<\/p>\n

– Ride\/wheels = Caisse\/Bagnole <\/strong>
\n<\/em>Example:
\n<\/strong>“Nice wheels\/ride!”<\/div>\n

\n– Spill = Accouche!<\/em>
\n* * *<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n

\n* BCBG:<\/span>
\n<\/em><\/strong>This four-letter acronym stands for “Bon Chic, Bon Genre<\/strong><\/em>“, meaning stylish, chic, posh, or conseravtively “preppy”.
\nYou can\u00a0look tr\u00e8s\u00a0BCBG<\/em> if you’re very fashionable, and your style is tr\u00e8s soign\u00e9<\/em>.
\nI was maybe\u00a08 or\u00a09 years old when this American\u00a0dessin anim\u00e9 <\/em>(cartoon)\u00a0aired on French TV. It was called “Le Club B\u00c9C\u00c9 B\u00c9G\u00c9<\/em>.” Maybe you guys have seen it too? Its original name is “The Beverly Hills Teens<\/strong>“!
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