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-Boulet- @bouletcorp2@mastodon.social
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Oldies but Goodies - French is Weird 05 - "Butts"
Butts In french a lot of expressions turn around "cul" (ass. But don't say the L, just say cu'). Of course we have the classic insults like "asshole" (trou du cul) and "assface" (tête de cul) (We don't have "asshat", though. Which I deeply regret. I might try to use "cul-chapeau" next time I insult someone. I always imagine a butt with a top hat) Even in common language we have those. I mean: it's not even rude to say: Un cul-de-sac (a bag's ass) it just means a dead end Cul-sec (dry ass) only means "Bottoms up!" Un cul-de-lampe (lamp-ass) is a decoration in architecture Cul-de-jatte (bowl's ass) is for a person without legs (even if this one is a very old term and is not technically rude, it is viewed as offensive to people with disability. Don't be an ass.) More than just "ass", cul can mean sex in general (in some expressions) Un plan-cul / une histoire de cul, both refer to casual sex. (image of a map with a butt on it / image of a butt in costume saying "oh, Romeo!) Un film de cul (an ass-movie) is a porn. (image of a butt saying "draw me like one of your french girls")
There are SO MANY expressions with cul that I can barely scratch the surface, Here are some of the most absurd/funniest ones: Avoir la tête dans le cul: to have your head in your ass: means you are sleepy and/or hungover. Avoir un balai dans le cul : to have a broom in your ass : to be strict and cold / uptight. Avoir le cul bordé de nouilles : to have your ass surrounded by pasta: to be very lucky Avoir le cul entre deux chaises: to have your butt between two chairs: to be conflicted, to be "on the fence" Coûter la peau du cul: to cost the skin of the ass: to be really expensive Péter plus haut que son cul: to fart higher than your ass: to be full of yourself, to be pretentions. être comme cul et chemise: to be like ass and shirt: to be really close to someone Se sortir les doigts du cul: to get your fingers out of your butt: to stop procrastinating and get to work My personnal favorite is the old one: "et mon cul, c'est du poulet ?", which literally means "and is my ass made of chicken ?" it is a sarcastic expression for when you don't believe something someone just said. A weird online theory says it could be the deformation of "mad ket'ch y-à poulenn" which would mean "and tomorrow will be sunny?" in Bretagne, a sarcasm since the region is very rainy) but it makes no sense at all and is likely an invention. The expression was popular in the 60s and appears in "zazie dans le métro" by Raymond Queneau, or the movie "la vérité" by Georges Clouzot.
Also, in everyday's life: Un faux-cul "a fake-ass" is a hypocrite To follow someone with insistance is "coller au cul" (to stick to the butt) To fall pretty hard is "tomber cul par-dessus tête (to fall the ass over the head) Oh, this one is universal: "MON CUL !" is just "My ass!" To be lucky can also be AVOIR DU CUL (to have some ass), a suck-up is a LÈCHE-CUL (a lick-ass) If you are surprised/amazed, ça me troue le cul means "it pierces my ass", and if you are fed-up of something, J'EN AI PLEIN LE CUL means "my ass is full" And last but not least, when you don't want to listen anymore: PARLE À MON CUL, MA TÊTE EST MALADE (Talk to my butt, my head is sick), a gracefull equivalent to "talk to my hand" (Image of Boulet at a table with a butt. Boulet says "On the app, you had a face..." and the butt answers: "who cares? Gosh I'm starving! Do you like pasta?"
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Damia @DamiaB@peculiar.florist
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@bouletcorp2 Cul-de-Sac qu'on retrouve aussi dans le Seigneur des Anneaux, étant le nom de la maison ou quartier où vivent les Sacquets. En anglais donc, Bag-End. Mais là c'est plus une expression.
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