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21 Bibici
Proper name, La Bibici: The British Broadcasting Corporation. (Another jocular corruption born during World War II and still very much in existence is l'abbé baissé.) -
22 Biscaye
Proper name. (corr. asile de Bicêtre): This old people's home for the destitute near Paris was formerly a hospital and a prison. -
23 Bison Futé
Proper name. The Opération Bison Futé is the jocular name given to the rerouting of heavy traffic on Bank Holidays. (The name Bison Futé is intended to suggest a wise Indian chief full of good advice.) -
24 Blanche
Proper name. (abbr. Place Blanche, Paris.) On s'est filé rencart a Blanche à la sortie du métro: We agreed to meet at Place Blanche outside the tube-station. -
25 Bobino
Proper name. Famous Paris music hall. -
26 Bourse
Proper name. Etre coté en Bourse (fig. & iron.): To have made a name for oneself, to be famous. -
27 Bretagne
Proper name. C'est un cousin à la mode de Bretagne: He's a very distant relative. -
28 Cambronne
Proper name. Le mot de Cambronne: Euphemistic equivalent to merde. (General Cambronne is reputed to have uttered this expletive when asked to surrender at Waterloo.) Je lui ai dit le mot de Cambronne: I told him to get knotted! -
29 Caravelle
Proper name. Sporty 'coupé' manu factured by Renault in the 1960s. -
30 Catho
Proper name. La Catho (the Institut catholique): This independent Catholic college of higher education caters for university students in Paris. -
31 Chaillot
Proper name. Envoyer quelqu'un à Chaillot: To send someone off'with a flea in his ear', to 'send someone packing', to tell some one to go away in no uncertain manner. -
32 Chapelouse
Proper name. La Chapelouse: The La Chapelle district of Paris. -
33 Charenton
Proper name. Etre bon pour Charenton: To be ready for the 'happy farm'. (Charenton, a Paris suburb, has within its boundaries one of the largest and best-known mental hospitals in France.) -
34 Charles
Proper name. Tu parles, Charles!a 'You're telling me!'—'I should jolly well think so!'b 'You must be joking!'—'What do you take me for?!' (This nonsensical stock rhyming-phrase relies on intonation or context for the degree of irony expressed.) -
35 Charlot
Proper name.1. Affectionate nickname given to Charlie Chaplin.2. Public executioner. La bicyclette à Charlot: The guillotine. -
36 Cité
Proper name.2. (abbr. Cité Universitaire): Student residential complex in France. (The word refers principally to the Cite Universitaire built in the early 20th century in the south suburbs of Paris.) -
37 Corpo
Proper name. La Corpo de Droit: The Faculty of Law (within a university). -
38 Coupole
a The Académie Française. (Members of that august body are sometimes referred to as Coupolards.)b The famous Parisian brasserie of that name in Montparnasse was and is the popular haunt of artists, thinkers and would-be philosophers. -
39 Crapouillot
Proper name. Le Crapouillot was a famous satirical magazine born in the trenches of World War I, remembered long after its extinction because of its mixture of fierce humour and superb thinking. It got its name from a small mortar used by the French troops. -
40 Cythère
Proper name. Embarquement pour Cythère: Drug addict's 'trip', state of hallucinatory intoxication. (The expression derives from the title of the famous Watteau painting.)
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