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61 Ginette
Proper name. Nickname for Geneviève. -
62 Gob'
Proper name. Les Gob': The Quartier des Gobelins in Paris. -
63 Gravelotte
Proper natne. Ça tombait comme a Gravelotte: It was raining cats and dogs. (It would take an unusually learned linguist to associate this expression with the fierce military exchanges that took place in 1870 in that Moselle village.) -
64 Hérisson
Proper name. Le Hérisson: A popular joke and cartoon periodical which had its greatest following in the 50s and 60s. Printed on cheap green paper, it was not renowned for its high-brow jokes. -
65 I.J.
Proper name. (abbr. Service de l'Identité Judiciaire) L'I.J.: The department dealing with criminal records at Police Headquarters. -
66 Institut
Proper name. (abbr. Institut Médico-Légal): L'Institut is an up-market name for the Paris city morgue. -
67 Invaloches
Proper name. Les Invaloches: The quartier des Invalides in Paris. -
68 Job
Proper name. Brand of cigarette-paper for smokers who 'roll their own'. (Like many brand-names, it has become generic for any make.) -
69 Joseph
Proper name. Faire son Joseph: To play the 'Holy-Joe', to put on virtuous airs. -
70 Josephine
Proper name. Faire sa Josephine: To put on virtuous airs (also: jouer sa Sainte Nitouche). -
71 Landerneau
Proper name. Ça va faire du bruit dans Landerneau: It'll certainly set tongues wagging around here! (Landerneau, a small town near Brest, used to be the butt of music-hall jokes between the wars, as was the case for Wigan and its phantom pier.) -
72 Laribo
Proper name. The Hôpital Lariboisière in Paris. -
73 Lazaro
Proper name. The Saint-Lazare prisoncum-hospital in Paris where prostitutes were interned and treated when suffering from venereal disease. -
74 Léon
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75 Lépine
Proper name. Concours Lépine: Annual exhibition, convention-cum- competition where small-time inventors find a platform for their 'Heath Robinson' type creations. Some are quite serious; others, like the visors for eating grapefruit, slightly more extravagant. -
76 Lisette
Proper name. Pas de ça, Lisette! Not on your nelly! — Nothing doing! — It's out of the question! (This jocular catchphrase, dating back to the 1830s, is as popular as it ever was.) -
77 Louis
Proper name. Avoir des jambes Louis XV (joc.): To be 'bandy', to be bow- legged (literally to have 'cabriole legs' like the chairs of that period). -
78 Luc
Proper name. Fêter Saint-Luc: To have sodomous intercourse. (This expression is lexicalized by Jacques Cellard and Alain Rey in their DICTIONNAIRE DU FRANÇAIS NONCONVENTIONNEL, luc being the inversion of cul.) -
79 Luco
Proper name. Le Luco: The Luxembourg gardens in Paris. -
80 Madeleine
Proper natne. Pleurer comme une Madeleine: To 'cry one's heart out', to be in floods oftears.
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