{"id":993,"date":"2010-06-28T20:09:15","date_gmt":"2010-06-28T20:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=993"},"modified":"2017-10-18T15:31:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T13:31:23","slug":"french-slang-expressions-with-f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-slang-expressions-with-f\/","title":{"rendered":"French Slang Expressions with the Letter F"},"content":{"rendered":"

Le<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0B.A.-BA de l’Argot<\/strong><\/em> (The ABC of French Slang<\/strong>) is back, and today, it’s with la lettre F<\/strong><\/em>, containing a long r\u00e9pertoire<\/em> of words and expressions which you will surely like to learn and memorize, and more importantly, above all else, to\u00a0recognize, whether in reading or hearing.<\/p>\n

Allez, c’est parti !\u00a0<\/em>(Here we go!)<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

“F comme…”<\/em><\/strong>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=olErJ71rDSk<\/a><\/p>\n

* Fan\/Fana:<\/span>
\n<\/strong>‘Fana’ <\/em>is basically identical in meaning\u00a0to the English word\u00a0“fan”, and both “fana<\/em>” and “fan”\u00a0come originally from the word “fanatique” (fanatic), so\u00a0they naturally mean someone who is\u00a0a “big fan” of\u00a0something. Par exemple<\/em>: “Je suis un fana du foot<\/em>“,\u00a0or “Jennie\u00a0est une fana de la haute cuisine.<\/em>”
\nAn iconic French TV show that resembles “American Idol<\/em>” and focusing on young kids is\u00a0called “l’\u00c9cole des fans.<\/em>”
\n<\/strong>Above\u00a0is a preview (or like the French sometimes say: “Ze very best of”…) of the show.
\nBelow, also in “l’\u00c9cole des fans<\/em>“,\u00a0you can see a young Vanessa Paradis<\/strong>, of “Joe le Taxi<\/strong>” fame,\u00a0making her very first public appearance:
\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NxmtktGuTEg<\/a><\/p>\n

* Fastoche:
\n<\/span><\/em><\/strong>As in “C’est fastoche!<\/em>” (“It’s easy!”),\u00a0which is close to\u00a0“facile<\/em>” (easy.)
\nSome synonymous slang\u00a0expressions\u00a0of “fastoche” are “ce n’est pas sorcier<\/strong><\/em>” (“No magic trick”), or “facile comme bonjour<\/strong><\/em>.”
\nHere’s an episode of the cartoon\u00a0“Toto” <\/strong>titled “Trop fastoche” <\/em>(“Too easy”): First “sans les pieds<\/em>” (“no feet”), then “sans les mains<\/em>” (“no hands”), et apr\u00e8s <\/em>(and then)…
\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NAkA1hc7dLo<\/a><\/p>\n

* Fauch\u00e9:<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\nWhether it is une personne <\/em>(a person) who is fauch\u00e9e<\/em>, or une entreprise <\/em>(a company), or un gouvernement <\/em>(a government), which by the way wouldn’t come as a surprise in these times of crise fianci\u00e8re <\/em>(financial crisis), no one is 100% safe from being compl\u00e8tement<\/em> fauch\u00e9<\/em>, i.e. “completely broke.”<\/p>\n

* Faux jeton:<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\nLiterally means a “fake token”, and standing for a hypocritical or a disingenious person, a “fake”.<\/p>\n

* F\u00eal\u00e9:<\/em><\/span>
\n<\/strong>“F\u00eal\u00e9” is just like “zinzin<\/em>“, “maboul<\/em>“, “cingl\u00e9<\/em>“, “malade<\/em>“, “disjonct\u00e9<\/em>“, “d\u00e9sax\u00e9<\/em>“, “timbr\u00e9<\/em>“, “dingue<\/em>” or\u00a0“foldingue<\/em>“,\u00a0which are all\u00a0many ways of saying that someone or somthing is “crazy.”
\nLearn even more\u00a0“crazy” argot<\/em> words with Ast\u00e9rix and Ob\u00e9lix <\/strong>and Assurancetourix<\/strong>:
\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=llmvQNzqUzI<\/a><\/p>\n

“Il l’a vraiment pas vu venir * * *\u00a0Ce mignon p’tit coup d’menhir
\nIl a pas l’air dans son assiette * * *\u00a0 j’dirais m\u00eame qu’il est est en miette.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

A coup d’menhir ! * * * Il s’est fait estourbir !
\nIl s’\u00e9clate sans arr\u00eat * * * Il est vraiment parfait
\nIl est compl\u00e9tement sonn\u00e9<\/strong> * * * Compl\u00e9tement d\u00e9glingu\u00e9<\/strong>
\nIl est compl\u00e9tement f\u00eal\u00e9<\/strong> * * *\u00a0Compl\u00e9tement d\u00e9phas\u00e9<\/strong> !<\/p>\n

“Sonn\u00e9<\/em>“, “d\u00e9glingu\u00e9”, “d\u00e9phas\u00e9”<\/em>, also mean “fou” (crazy.)<\/p>\n

Of course, we won’t end this post today without un clin d’oeil <\/em>(a “wink”) towards la Coupe du Monde. <\/em>Here is an example of a coach becoming “f\u00eal\u00e9” <\/em><\/strong>because of his team: In this case, it’s the Italian Fabio Capello<\/em><\/strong>, the England coach, nearly losing his mind during the game against\u00a0the Algerian\u00a0Fennecs.<\/em>Is he screaming: “Pass the ball<\/strong>” or asking\u00a0for\u00a0a “Pasta Bowl<\/strong>“<\/em> (anyone?)
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\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LLModRv0V2g<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Le\u00a0B.A.-BA de l’Argot (The ABC of French Slang) is back, and today, it’s with la lettre F, containing a long r\u00e9pertoire of words and expressions which you will surely like to learn and memorize, and more importantly, above all else, to\u00a0recognize, whether in reading or hearing. Allez, c’est parti !\u00a0(Here we go!) * * *…<\/p>\n

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