Category: French Slang

Disclaimer: you will learn many popular French swear words explained in English. This blog post might be not appropriate for a young audience. Probably in every culture people love to swear but from my experience, as a French, I think French people positioned themselves amongst…

There is always a huge difference between the language that you are learning in the classroom and the language that you are learning in a specific country. You will realize that the most important words are French slang words. You will need it to understand…

Verlan what? Languages like French or English are a kind of “living entities” and people still modify them for centuries and it won’t stop. English speakers, as in other languages tend to make words shorter, it is called Apheresis. There are many examples like the…

One day I meet an Irish guy named Kevin at an “apéro” (pre-drink party). We were in Paris, talking about the French culture and he told me:  “I don’t understand why French people start to laugh when I say that my name is Kevin!” Kevin…

You can hear this in a French football conversation: “You are a Footix” but, What is a Footix in French culture? As you can see in the word “Footix”, you can see the word “Foot”. Yes, this is linked with the number one sport in…