Francebof
interjection · Colloquial · BOFF
Meh. Signals indifference or a lukewarm opinion, and is a complete answer on its own.
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French Slang for Emotion & Reaction
13 French slang terms for emotion & reaction, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
Surprise, exasperation, delight, disbelief. Often interjections rather than nouns — words that do something rather than name something.
chiant
adjective · Vulgar
Deeply annoying; boring to the point of pain. Stronger than relou and rather cruder.
Use with care
déconner
verb · Vulgar
To mess about; to talk nonsense. Tu déconnes? — 'are you kidding?'
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Use with care
dégoûté
adjective · Informal
Gutted, bitterly disappointed. Nothing to do with revulsion in this use — it is the French equivalent of British 'gutted'.
galère
noun, adjective · Colloquial
A nightmare; a real struggle. Quelle galère! — 'what a palaver'.
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kiffer
verb · Informal · kee-FAY
To love, to really enjoy. Je kiffe ce morceau — 'I love this track'.
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merde
interjection, noun · Vulgar
Damn; shit. General-purpose frustration.
+1 more sense
Use with care
ouf
adjective, interjection · Informal
Crazy, mad, incredible. Verlan for fou. Un truc de ouf is 'something insane', usually admiringly.
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putain
interjection · Vulgar · pu-TAN
Damn; bloody hell. The most common French expletive, expressing anything from awe to fury.
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Use with care
ras-le-bol
noun, phrase · Colloquial
Having had enough; being fed up to the back teeth. J'en ai ras-le-bol — 'I've had it up to here'. The noun is also used in political commentary for public exasperation.
relou
adjective · Informal
Annoying, tiresome, heavy going. Of people and of situations alike.
seum
noun · Informal · SUHM
Bitterness, rage, the sting of a defeat. Avoir le seum is to be gutted and furious at once — there is no single English word for it.
soûler
verb · Informal
To exasperate; to wear someone down with talk. Tu me soûles — 'you're doing my head in'.