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21 castor
n. m.1. Gigolo, kept man. (This jocular nickname arises because, like beavers, 'ils travaillent avec leur queue'.)2. 'Nipper', kid, small child. Lui et sa bonne femme ont une tripotée de castors: He and his missus have a string of kids.3. Ship's boy, young cabin attendant. -
22 centriot
n. m. 'Pet name', familiar nickname. -
23 Charlot
Proper name.1. Affectionate nickname given to Charlie Chaplin.2. Public executioner. La bicyclette à Charlot: The guillotine. -
24 cricri
n. m.1. Cricket, insect of the orthopterous family.3. 'Skinny lizzy', emaciated woman.4. 'Prick', 'cock', penis. -
25 fleur
n. f.1. 'Prezy', present. Gardez ça, c'est une fleur! Keep your money, have it on me.2. Favour. Faire une fieur a quelqu'un:a To do someone a favour.b To let someone off lightly.3. S'envoyer des fleurs: To 'give oneself a pat on the back', to indulge in selfcongratulation.4. Comme une fleur: 'Without a hitch', easily. L'avion s'est posé comme une fleur. The landing was as smooth as silk.5. S'amener (also: arriver) comme une fleur: To 'breeze in', to arrive somewhere oblivious of the effect one has created.6. Etre fleur. To be 'broke', to be penniless. Vraiment 'y a pas! J'suis fleur! Nothing doing! I'm really skint!7. Etre fleur bleue: To be 'starry-eyed', to be of a highly romantic disposition.9. Perdre sa fleur. To lose one's virginity.10. Fleur de tunnel (joc.): 'Dark bird', coloured woman.11. Fleurs blanches: Vaginal discharge.12. Beau comme un pafenjleur (slightly pej.): 'Dolled-up', dressed-up.13. La fleur des pois: 'The tops', 'the pick of the bunch', the very best.14. La Fleur! 'Thingey', 'what's his name'. (This fanciful and friendly nickname is used in a jocular context.) Par ici, la Fleur! Hey, you over there, come this way! -
26 Fouilly-les-Oies
Proper name. 'Hick-town', little place in the back of beyond. (This is a jocular nickname to describe an unimportant little town, another one being Trifouillis-les-Oies.) -
27 géant
n. m. Les géants de la route: Journalese nickname given to the professional riders in road cycling races. An alternative when the going is hard is: Les forçats de la route. -
28 Gégène
Proper name. Nickname for Eugène. -
29 Ginette
Proper name. Nickname for Geneviève. -
30 mange-tout
n. m. pl. Les mange-tout: 'The Krauts', 'the Jerries', the Germans. (This World War II nickname for the Germans refers principally to the colour of the Wehrmacht's uniform reminiscent of the mange-tout French bean. Also: les vert-de-gris.) -
31 minute
n. f.1. Ne pas être à la minute: Not to be pressed for time.2. Entrecôte minute: Minute steak. (Unlike the English, there is no potential pun in this term.)3. (interj., also: minute papillon!): Half a mo! — Not so fast! — Wait a minute! (The expression originates from a café on the Boulevard St. Germain; Papillon was the nickname of an elusive and always hurried waiter, sporting a dicky-bow tie, whose epitaph in English might have read: 'At last God caught his eye!') -
32 Paname
Proper name. (also: Panam): Paris. (This is the affectionate nickname given to the capital by poets and songwriters.) -
33 Pantruche
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34 paveton
n. m. (corr. pavé): Cobblestone. (Racing cyclists, when referring to the Paris-Lille race, talk about the pavetons which gave it the nickname of l'enfer du Nord; the competition is routed over the toughest cobblestone roads yet to be resurfaced.) -
35 piaf
n. m.1. Sparrow.2. Small bird (to the unornithologically-minded). Avoir une cervelle de piaf: To have a bird-brain. (Edith Piaf was given her stage-name because of her diminutive stature and bird-like features. To mention this is particularly relevant in view of the fact that a rival artiste bore the nickname of la môme moineau.)3. Un drôle de piaf (pej.): An 'oddball', a 'queer cove', a weird character. -
36 pot
n. m.1. 'Arse', 'bum', behind. (Few expressions containing the word pot have literal meanings. Most, like se manier le pot: to 'put one's skates on', to hurry up and en avoir plein le pot: to be fed-up, are figurative derivations.)2. Luck, good fortune. Avoir un sacré pot: To have the luck of the devil. Un coup de pot: A lucky break. Manque de pot! Hard cheese! — Hard luck! (There is a strange correlation between sodomy as in se faire casser le pot and good fortune, which would suggest as with cocu (see that word) that sexual favours and good luck are closely intertwined.)3. Drink, alcoholic beverage. (Although some lexicographers describe the drink as being a 'short', the very nature of the straight meaning of the word suggests it is a long drink, i.e. wine or beer. Prendre un pot avec quelqu'un: To have a jar with someone.)4. (Gambling slang): 'Pot', kitty, pool of money staked at cards, etc.5. Faire son pot: To 'make one's pile', to amass a tidy sum of money.6. Payer les pots cassés: To 'carry the can', to pay the consequences (often literally, on the financial plane).8. Pot de yaourt (joc.): Bubble- car. (In the 50s, the most popular bubble-car in France was manufactured by Isetta. These vehicles with their large glass area and striking white colour quickly earned this nickname.)9. Etre sourd comme un pot: To be as deaf as a post.10. Tourner autour du pot: To 'beat about the bush', to tackle a problem or a situation in a dilly-dally manner.11. Etre bête comme un pot: To be 'as thick as two short planks', to be as dumb as they come.12. Ne pas bousculer le pot de fleurs: To 'keep things on an even keel', to 'avoid upsetting the apple-cart', to refrain from causing trouble.13. Ne t'occupe pas du pot! Leave it to me! — Let me worry about it!14. Pot aux roses: Sensitive secret. Découvrir le pot aux roses: To stumble on a bit of scandal. (Because of a possible hiatus, the 't' in pot is pronounced as a liaison in colloquial contexts.) -
37 pourri
I.n. m. 'Bastard', evil and utterly corrupt individual. (In his novel MESSIEURS LES HOMMES, San-Antonio has a character called Paul-lepourri whose nickname has a deeper meaning since he suffers from facial eczema.)II.adj.1. Un temps pourri: Foul weather.2. Etre pourri (of child): To be 'spoilt something rotten', to have been granted every wish regardless of trouble or cost.3. Etre pourri d'argent: To be 'stinking rich', to be 'rolling in it', to be very wealthy.4. Ne pas être pourri (of person): To be 'as fit as a fiddle', to be the picture of health. -
38 Riri
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39 roupane
n. f.1. Policeman's cape (the kind that helped give hirondelles their nickname; see that word).2. Woman's skirt. -
40 souris
n. f.1. 'Bird', 'bit-of-skirt', woman. (The appellation is not derogatory per se, and like many other such words, relies on the context for interpretation.)2. Les souris grises: Nickname given to the female members of the German Wehrmacht during World War II.
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