{"id":695,"date":"2010-05-20T05:28:35","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T05:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=695"},"modified":"2017-10-19T10:31:38","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T08:31:38","slug":"french-slang-with-letter-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-slang-with-letter-c\/","title":{"rendered":"French Slang Expressions with the Letter C"},"content":{"rendered":"

We pick up our alphabet of French slang with the letter C!<\/i><\/p>\n

* * *<\/em>
\nC\u00a0comme\u2026 (C, as in\u2026)
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

* Charier:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Charier quelqu’un <\/em>means to tease or to\u00a0make fun\u00a0of someone. Example: “Tu me charies, ch\u00e9rie<\/strong><\/em>?<\/strong><\/em>” (Are you kidding me, Darling?”) Obviously, “ch\u00e9rie” <\/em>and “charies<\/em>” here are phonetically closer in French than English.)<\/p>\n

* Chaud:<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\nLiterally “hot”, but in argot<\/em>, “\u00eatre chaud pour faire quelque chose<\/strong><\/em>“\u00a0<\/em>means to be excited or enthusiastic\u00a0about doing something. Here’s an example: “T’es chaud pour sortir ce soir?<\/strong><\/em>” (“Are you\u00a0up for going out tonight?”.) Coming in an expression: “Chaud devant !”<\/em><\/strong>, that would mean “fore!”,\u00a0“watch out ahead!”, or “coming through!”<\/p>\n

* Chialer:<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\nTo cry, or “to bawl”. An argot<\/em> related synonym of chialer <\/em>is pleurnicher <\/strong><\/em>(“to whine”.)\u00a0<\/em> For exemple: “Arr\u00eate de chialer comme une madeleine !<\/strong><\/em>” (Stop being such a crybaby!)\u00a0The madeleine<\/em> here refers to Marie Magdalene, who washed Jesus’s feet with the tears she shed.<\/p>\n

Here’s a video of le Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois <\/em>Vilain Pingouin <\/strong>pleading for his right to chialer <\/em>(Can you tell the accent at all?) A better sounding, non-live, version\u00a0can be found\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n