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41 grelotteur
n. m. 'Funk', coward. -
42 lope
n. f.1. 'Wet lcttuce', weak-willed character.2. 'Funk', coward.3. 'Nancy- boy', effeminate homosexual. -
43 ménessc
n. f.1. 'Biddy', 'bird', woman.2. Ma ménesse: My missus, the wife.3. (pej.): 'Pouf', 'pansy', effeminate homosexual.4. ( pcj.): 'Funk', coward. -
44 mouche
n. f.1. (sch.): 'Sneak', tell-tale.2. (Prison slang): 'Snitch', informer.3. Fine mouche: 'Canny customer', cunning and resourceful individual. C'est une fine mouche, tu sais! She wasn't born yesterday!4. Gober des mouches: To be 'stood gawping', to have a look of bewildered amazement on one's face.5. Quelle mouche t'a piqué?! (fig.): What's eating you?! — What on earth is the matter with you?!6. Ne pas avoir peur des mouches: To be no coward, to have guts, to be courageous.7. Faire la mouche du coche: To act the busybody and antagonize everyone.8. Mouche à merde: Scandal-monger, character who delights in spreading nasty rumours.9. Tuer les mouches à quinze pas (joc.): To suffer from 'terminal halitosis', to have really bad breath.10. C'est à cause des mouches! (Ironical catch phrase): Ask me another! — What answer do you expect?!11. Attraper les mouches (of woman): To 'lie back and think of England', to be anything but a willing participant during intercourse.12. Pattes de mouche: Spidery scrawl, illegible handwriting.13. Enculeur de mouches: 'Finicky nurk', overfussy and exacting character. -
45 péteux
I.n. m.1. 'Pretentious nurk', self-important fool.2. 'Funk', coward. (The feminine péteuse exists but refers only to men, and intensifies the pejorative connotation.)II.adj.1. 'Snobby', pretentious.2. 'Funky', cowardly. -
46 pétochard
I.n. m. 'Yellow-belly', 'funk', coward.II.adj. 'Funky', cowardly. -
47 pisseuse
n. f. (pej.): Pre-teen girl. (This derogatory word is uttered by the male counterpart shortly before heterosexual attraction becomes an obsession. On ne veut pas de pisseuses ici! We certainly don't want any bloody girls here!)2. (of man): 'Funk', coward. (Terms of abuse are always more derogatory to males when they are feminine. See chieuse.) -
48 poule
n. f.1. 'Bird', girlfriend. Touche pas, c'est ma poule! Keep poule! Keep off, she's my woman!2. (pej.): 'Biddy', 'bit-of-skirt', woman of loose morals (the 'easy-lay' variety). Poule de luxe: Highclass tart.3. Ma poule: 'My lovey-dovey', 'my pet', my darling.4. Poule mouillee:a 'Softie', 'weed', sissy-like character.b Funk, coward. -
49 prouteur
I.n. m. 'Funk', coward.II.adj. 'Funky', cowardly. -
50 sang
n. m.1. Attraper un coup de sang: To 'fly off the handle', to have a fit of temper (literally to go red in the face).2. Ne pas avoir de sang dans les veines: To be 'gutless', 'funky', to be a coward (also: avoir du sang de navet).3. Se cailler le sang (also: se faire du mauvais sang): To 'fret', to worry. Se ronger le sang: To worry oneself sick.4. Se refaire du sang: To 'get back into the pink' (healthwise).5. Avoir le sang chaud: To be a randy so-and-so.6. Ça m'a retoumé les sangs! That gave me quite a turn! — It really upset me! -
51 tafeur
n. m. (also: taffeur): 'Funk', coward. -
52 traqueur
n. m. 'Funk', 'yellow-belly', coward. -
53 trouillard
I.n. m. 'Funk', 'yellow-belly', coward.II.adj. 'Funky', 'yellow', cowardly.
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