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Some men will respond to such a request by "descendre à la cave", literally going down into the basement.

con ‡ cunt, bastard, wanker, etc NOTE Insult towards a man. Female form: "conne".

con ‡ cunt NOTE Refers to the female genitalia. connard ‡ cunt, bastard, wanker, etc NOTE Insult towards a man. Female form: "connarde". connasse ‡ cunt, bitch, etc NOTE Insult towards a woman. No male form.

couilles † balls, bollocks NOTE Testicles.

cramouille (noun, feminine) † wet slit NOTE Commonly used when for some reason a male wants to use a slightly unpleasant noun for the genitals of a female - hopefully one he knows well, unless he really despises her. It insists on the wetness of the slit that graces women's bellies, as "mouille" indicates...as in "elle mouille" (she's getting wet).

cul arse (US ass), bottom NOTE Not as strong as in English as this word is also used non-offensively to mean the bottom of an object.

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dans les vignes du Seigneur to be drunk NOTE lit: in the vines of the Lord.

de merde ‡ bloody, fucking NOTE Used after a noun as an intensifier. Eg: "putain de merde!" ("fucking hell!"). de'conner (verb) to trick, to jerk around NOTE Commonly used. Example of popular use: "Sans de'conner!" meaning "No kidding!" or "No shit!"

déconner (verb) to trick, to jerk around NOTE Commonly used. Example: "sans déconner!" ("no kidding!" or "no shit!")

doudounes (noun, feminine plural) tits NOTE There are numerous ways to call what the breasts of females. "doudounes" is a nice, relatively recent one (the 70s, the phonetically repetitive form probably influenced by the rise of creole words in European French). Other include: "les roberts", "les nénés", "les nichons". Swiss writer Alexandre Voisard, obsessed with breasts, even wrote a hilarious short story about "le club des Robert", where the double-entendre obviously comes from the fact that Robert is a common first name, but also known to all as a tit.

drague (noun, fem.) looking for sex partners NOTE

Literal translation: dredge. Gay slang for "cruising", "Faire la drague": go looking for sex partners. Used exclusively by gay men, not by straight men looking for women.

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emmener Popaul au cirque (verb phrase) to take Joe Blow to the circus.NOTE Popaul (also known as Popol) loves the circus. Except Popaul looks a bit already like the pink trunk of a tiny elephant - in fact, just like a dick. For the circus, well...it's usually hidden at the junction of a lady's thighs. Needless to say, Popaul enjoys the circus immensely...just like kids watching clowns and tigers erupt in laughter.

emmerdant (adj) † intensely annoying NOTE Example of use: "Que tu es emmerdant!" ("You really piss me off!" (ie "You annoy me intensely")).

enculé ‡ bastard, cunt, etc NOTE Insult used towards a man. Derived from "enculer" (qv).

enculer ‡ to bugger, to fuck NOTE Refers to anal sex only. Derived from "cul" (qv).

enfoiré ‡ bastard, shit, etc NOTE Same sense as "encule".

Enlève ta croute que je swingue dans l'pus (phrase) ‡

Take your scab out, I'll fuck in the pus.NOTE It will shock litterally everyone within hearing distance. It is used as a comic sentence said to a girl from a man (or a lesbian).

étron turd NOTE Used in the literal sense of a piece of faeces.

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fille a prostitute NOTE "Fille" is the normal word for "girl" or "daughter" but only if it is used with some kind of descriptive word as in "ma fille" (my daughter) or "une jeune fille" (a young girl). This piece of information might be of some importance if you should visit France. Not every dictionary mentions this fact!

fils de pute/putain † sonofabitch

flic (noun, masc) police constable, cop

folle queen NOTE Term for a gay man, especially one who is effeminate. Literal meaning: "madwoman". foutre (verb) ‡ to fuck NOTE Rarely used except in "va te faire foutre!" (qv). The preferred slang is "baiser" (qv).

foutre (noun, masc.) ‡ sperm, "cum" NOTE Derived from the verb "foutre": to fuck. Gay slang for shooting cum on someone during sex. "Donne-moi ton foutre" = Give me your cum. "Je veux lecher ton foutre" = I want to swallow your cum.

foutre (verb) † to bugger up, to screw up NOTE To ruin, to spoil. Examples of use: "On est foutu!" ("We're done for!", "We're finished!"); "La voiture est foutue" ("The car is knackered/buggered/fucked (US)" (ie beyond repair)).

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gerber (verb) † to puke, barf, hurl god (e) dildo

gouine (feminine noun) † dyke NOTE A lesbian. grogniasse (fem. noun) woman NOTE synonym to pétasse, pouffiasse, greluche and femme. Not very nice, but in France, it should not be enough for receiving a slap.

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jouir to come NOTE Used in the sexual sense

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keuf (n.m) cop NOTE Urban language but don't say that to a cop...

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la putain de ta mére ‡ You'r mother is a whore NOTE as "fils de pute"

laisse be'ton Let it drop! NOTE [lEs'beto~] Verlan version of "laisse tomber"

les Anglais (noun, masculine, plural) the Redcoats (the Red Flag, etc...) NOTE French, as any other language, has numerous periphrastic and euphemistic expressions to indicate female menstruation, a phenomenon that our male-dominated societies, until recently, did not consider dignified enough to even mention in society. The image of blood leads automatically to "les Anglais ont débarqué" (the Redcoats have landed), which proves how much the French loved the English. Other potential phrases include "Ma tante Rose a débarqué" (Aunt Rosie's arrived), "j'ai mes fleurs" (i've got my flowers - roses, probably), "j'ai mes ours" (i've got my bears), or the flat and very BCBG "je suis indisposée", equivalent to

"I'm sick" in English and "Ich bin krank" in German. To be fair, let's admit that Tampax and other tampons certainly changed the outlook on periods: until then, most women had to wear big chunks of linen between their legs, and male children were inevitably exposed to bloody rags in chamberpots or other sanitary fixtures, certainly reinforcing negative visions of menstrual blood.

livrer aux chiens (verb phrase) † to sacrifice to raving dogs NOTE the end of the Mitterand régime, after 14 years of presidency for François Mitterand, were definitely marred by an endless list of financial scandals, both left and right. Several politicians even went to jail. Mitterand's last socialist prime minister, an unpleasant and ambitious yes-man who had become a reasonably competent but politically cloutless Finance minister, Pierre Bérégovoy, took the sound beating of the socialists in 1992 as his personal defeat...and felt threatened when it was revealed that he had not only been involved in shady deals to please the president's friends, but also for personal gain (primarily, an apartment in a luxury district of Paris, symbol of success for him, as the only member of the socialist elite who really had no advanced degrees and a popular origin). He committed suicide, and, in his funeral eulogy, the president launched into some stinging words against those who had "livré aux chiens" (thrown to the dogs) the "honor" of Bérégovoy. He meant, primarily, journalists.

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MALPT! (Expletive) Used to wish someone tremendous good luck NOTE Abbreviation for the phrase "Merde A La Puissance Treize!" which is translated as "Shit to the thirteenth power". Origin unknown. Used as a friendly term. Example: a friend of yours is about to take an exam. You would say "MALPT!" to wish him well!

maquereau (noun, masculine) pimp NOTE although the official word is "proxénète", noone but the cops and the courts uses it. A pimp is "un maquereau", and, when female, "une maquerelle", even "la mère maquerelle". Un maquereau is of course, literally, a fish (mackerel). See also "merlan" et "morue", to see how seafood impregnated French popular language,

probably because fishmongers (particularly the female) were considered to have as colorful a language as mule drivers: "un langage de charretier" (a cart-driver's vulgar speech) is no better than "une langue de poissonière" (a female fishmonger's speech).

mec, un (noun, masc.) guy, dude, bloke NOTE Said to be the Verlan version of "homme." How reversing this word produces "mec," I don't know. It's very common, found in print and rap music as well as conversations. melon (noun, masculine) † an equivalent of :a damn Arab! NOTE A melon is obviously grown in hot, Mediterranean climates. The metaphor is therefore easy to understand. There are numerous words for the group (albeit 5,000,000 strong) that racist French people despise as much as American racists despise(d) niggers at one point: "les bougnoules", "les bicots", "les ratons" - and, when they are of Arab origin and French citizens (the nightmare of fascist leader Jean-Marie Le Pen!), "les beurs", "les petits beurs", and their female counterparts, "les beurettes". ménage a trois (noun) † threesome NOTE This term enjoys very popular usage in the States; pronounced "may-naj-sha-twa".

merde (noun, F.) † shit

merdeux † crap(py), shit(ty) (adjs)

merlan (noun, masculine) hairdresser NOTE another word of maritime origin. Not to be confused with un maquereau!

meuf, une a woman, une femme NOTE [moef] This is the Verlan version of "femme". The syllables are reversed, and "eu" is added

meuf, une a woman, une femme NOTE [moef] This is the Verlan version of "femme". The syllables are reversed, and "eu" is added

morue (noun, feminine) † a low-level whore NOTE morue (originally cod), like "merlan" or "maquereau", is a word referring originally to fish. "la morue" was obviously the most common fish, from the Middle Ages on (the only one you could dry, salt, and keep for all those periods when you had to eat fish). furthermore, unwashed female genitals (and, from the 16th to the 19th century, washing was not a priority of most French people, rich or poor)definitely tend, after

a few days, to smell in the not-so-refined way of not- so-fresh fish, be it cod or any other...

Mouffi ou Moufflarge ‡ A real fucking dick like a son of a bitch!!!

moule (noun, feminine) vulva NOTE Commonly used. More descriptive (the female external genitals look like an open mussel, and somehow smell like it)than insulting (like con or cramouille for instance). This term has of course led to a lot of humorous doubleentendre, as in the late 19th century popular song "à la pêche aux moules, moules, moules, je veux m'en aller maman...". To be pronounced somewhat like "mool" for English speakers.

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nique ta mère ‡ fuck your mother NOTE very common in the suburbs, especially among migrant population. Can also be abbreviated as "Ta mèreŠ"

noune (common noun) vagina, female genitals NOTE

(Pronounced as noonn) commonly used as the word reffering to the female genitals. Used in a replacement for vulva in a normal non formal conversation.

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oignon (noun, masculine) onion - in fact, the ass or the asshole NOTE The reason for the analogy is probably that they're all round-shaped. L'oignon is therefore the equivalent of "le cul", and, just like it, we can consider the whole or the part: "lui carrer dans l'oignon", in slang, is to shove it in her (or alternatively his) asshole.

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papa ☺ dad

parachuter un senegalais (verb) ☺ to take a dump, crap, shit NOTE Local slang used in Bretagne. Literally, "to parachute a Senegalese."

pédale queer, poof NOTE Variant of "pede" (qv). pédale (f), serin (m), grande folle (f), tapette (f), (all nouns) They are synonyms of queer, gays, homosexual.NOTE Commonly used words for homosexuals. The word in parentheses refers to the gender. Note that the "grande folle" refers more to a drag queen.

Pede Homosexual applied to men only.NOTE Very common use.

pédé † queer, faggot NOTE Derogatory term for a gay man.

péter (verb) to fart NOTE When conjugated, this verb takes the grave accent in the "je/tu/il/elle/on/ils/elles" forms, but NOT in the "nous/vous" forms, e.g., "Je pète" but "Vous petez." The verb "répeter" has an acute accent on the first syllable and should be pronounced that way; otherwise, the unwary foreigner will utter "Repetez, s'il vous plaît," which means "Please fart again" instead of "Répetez, s'il vous plaît," i.e., "Please, repeat [that]."

péter plus haut que [son] cul (expression) to have an inflated opinion of oneself.Literally, to fart higher than [one's] asshole NOTE Mon prof pète plus haut de son cul.= My teacher's opinion of his own abilities is exaggerated. See "péter."

pipe (noun, f) † blowjob NOTE Faire une pipe: To give a blowjob

pipi ☺ pee, wee(-wee) NOTE "faire pipi": "to do/have a wee(-wee)/pee"

pisser to pee, to piss NOTE More colloquial than offensive in French. Also used in senses such as "son nez pisse du sang" ("blood is pouring from his/her nose")

poilu (noun, masc.) † a man who is a stud, a real hunk

NOTE Literal translation: hairy, shaggy. Gay slang for men with hairy chests or with moustaches or beards. polichinelle (noun, masculine) a puppet - in this case, a duck NOTE although "un polichinelle" will be used in an amused way to indicate a kid, the full original expression is "elle a un polichinelle dans le tiroir", i.e. the equivalent of "she's got a duck in the oven"...in other words, she's pregnant. Just like periods were only referred to in an oblique way, well-bred people did not say about a woman (until the 1950s) that she was pregnant, except maybe for country folk who might have used "elle est grosse" as for animals. "Elle est dans une situation intéressante" was quite common until the 1940s. "Elle attend un bébé" would even have been too crude for children: they might have known that "les bébés" were not born in "les choux" (cabbages), or brought by "les cigognes" (the

storks). Between males, however, crude speech was required...and "elle a un polichinelle dans l'tiroir" was, and still is, a common way to indicate that a lady is pregnant.

pouffiasse (n.f) ‡ bitch, hore NOTE Very rude : use it to talk about some (bad) girl but never say it to the (bad) girl herself !

poulet (n.m) cop (litt.:chiken) NOTE Cops know this word but hate it !

pousse-crotte (masc. noun) ‡ push-shit NOTE homosexual - for men only :-)

prendre son velo NOTE plonger (dans l eau) // to dive into the water (Didier est ce vraiment bien serieux??) putain ‡ bitch, cow, etc NOTE Derogatory term for a woman.

putain † whore, tart, hooker NOTE Also used as an insult towards a woman.

putain ‡ bloody hell!, fucking hell! NOTE As an interjection.

pute ‡ whore NOTE Short form of "putain"

pute ‡ bitch, cow, etc NOTE Derogatory term for a woman. Short form of "putain".

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queue † prick, cock NOTE Literal meaning: "tail" (cf Latin "penis" meaning "tail").

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ramoner (verb, transitive) to sweep the chimney - i.e.,to screw NOTE the in-out movement of the penis into the vagina or the rectum is of course a natural metaphor for the movement of the chimney-sweeper's brush, as it goes up and down the chimney at the end of its rope or long rod. The phrase "en avant, Simone, c'est moi qui ramone!", although playing on the rhyming sounds of Simone and ramone, does not necessarily, however, indicate intercourse: it's basically a way to say "let's go!" with a little phonetic twist. Where the French use "ramoner", Acadians use "râper" (to grate), which has little to do with a tougher quality of genitals due to the Maritime climate of Eastern Canada, but the movement of "va-et-vient", coming and going, associated with the grating of potatoes for "la râpure". See Acadian/Cajun dictionary for additional details.

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salop / salaud † bastard salope † bitch, slut

se branler ‡ to wank, to masturbate NOTE Literally "to wobble oneself".

se palucher (verb, reflexive) to give yourself a hand job NOTE This one is easy: most verbs relating to male (and sometimes female) masturbation, unless they are elaborate metaphors (see "chinois" for one)are reflexive verbs, the very example of the poor definition French grammars give of reflexive verbs: an action performed by the subject upon himself. The most standard verb is therefore "se masturber", followed by "se branler", but "se palucher", based on "paluche" meaning hand, comes close as a common form for what priests and conservative psychologists came to call l'"auto-gratification" (self-gratification) during the 1950s.

service trois pièces (noun phrase) three piece combo NOTE it isn't hard to figure out what the three pieces are: the prick and its two balls. It is another version of "la veuve et les deux orphelines", i.e. the normal male genital apparatus. The word "service" in this case is a metaphor borrowed from table vocabulary (utensils, tea or coffee cup with cream and sugar).

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tante queen NOTE Derogatory term for a gay man. teuf (f.) party NOTE This is the Verlan version of "fe'te". The syllables are reversed, the final "e" is dropped and "eu" is added in place of of "e'".

tirer (verb, transitive) to pull or to shoot NOTE The most common regular meaning of "tirer", i.e. to pull, can be found sometimes in popular phrases like the reflexive "se tirer la queue" (to pull on your putz). Most common, however, is the metaphor of a weapon shooting. Men are known to be fond of "tirer un coup" (to shoot their load), usually in an amorous battle on female battlegrounds. "Tirer" is sometimes used alone; it can also be used with other objects, like "tirer sa crampe" (literally, shooting to end your penile cramps). A bedroom may be referred to as "un champ de tir" (a shooting gallery). An unhappy pregnant lady may very well use it in a cynical way : "Oh, vous, les

mecs, vous tirez votre coup, et vous vous foutez du reste" (You guys only want to shoot your wad and don't care about the consequences).

trick (noun, masc.) † a man with whom a gay man has had sex NOTE This word was adopted directly from the American slang "Trick" with the same meaning.

Another example of "Franglais". The word is used extensively by Renaud Camus in his novel, Tricks. tringle (feminine) † hard-on NOTE An erection. Used in the phrase "avoir la tringle" ("to have a hard-on").

Literal meaning: "rod".

tringler (verb) † to fuck (see tringle) tringler (verb) † to fuck (see tringle)

trique (noun, feminine) a boner NOTE la trique is a whipping instrument: "des coups de trique" could only be erotic in a sado-masochist context. Unless we take the word, as is taken metaphorically here, as in "la trique" (a fuck), "avoir la trique" (to be horny as hell), the obvious reference being to the hard and yet somewhat flexible qualities of the erect virile appendage. The same idea of a hard instrument, as in "rod" in English, appears in a word phonetically quite similar to "trique" : "la tringle" (a curtain rod), the verb "tringler" being commonly used as a transitive verb: "il l'a tringlée" (he fucked her), "se faire tringler" (to be fucked).

trou du cul (abrev : trou duc') † asshole NOTE Is said for a (male) person you consider as ridiculous or stupid. Handle with care !

turlute (noun, f) † blowjob

u

Un bonjour de Marwan A fucking hello from a dick

v

va te faire foutre! ‡ fuck off! NOTE Literally "go and get fucked!"

va t'faire enculer chez les Grecs! (verb phrase) go get fucked up the ass by the Greeks! NOTE refer this one to the verb "enculer" (to fuck up the ass), but consider it primarily of use between males: ancient Greeks were considered the ultimate paederasts, valuing highly the man-boy sexual relationship (women being there for reproductive purposes only). no wonder, then, that when the French want to get rid of a real

pain...in the ass, they're sending him to the Athens of antiquity!

veuve (noun, feminine) widow - a dick reduced to being wanked NOTE "La veuve" has several meanings in French, the two better known apart from its original meaning (a woman left alone because of the death of her husband, a common occurrence during the many wars of French history)being: a) the "guillottine", the machine made to cut heads at the time of the French 1789 Revolution, i.e a widow-maker; and b)the penis of a lonely man, reduced - like a widow - to solitary hand pleasures. Usually, "la veuve" can also be known as "la veuve poignet" (a widowed wrist, obviously the instrument of solitary bliss). She usually has two children, obviously fatherless, "les deux orphelines" (the two orphans), i.e. the poor testicles reduced to producing lonesome semen. Sometimes, however, a member of the female sex (or of any other persuasion) will come to the help of the poor triad and make "la veuve et les deux orphelines" as merry as can be.

viande a pneus (driving expression) meat for tires NOTE pedestrian. Pretty obvious if you already crossed a street in Paris.

viande a pneus (driving expression) meat for tires NOTE pedestrian. Pretty obvious if you already crossed a street in Paris.

viande a pneus (driving expression) meat for tires NOTE pedestrian. Pretty obvious if you already crossed a street in Paris.

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y'a du monde au balcon (verb phrase) what a set of knockers! NOTE French females are usually rather petites, and thre ideal standard for tits remains the champagne cup - a rather small format, as opposed to the ample breasts found on American women, for instance. "Y'a du monde au balcon" indicates that she certainly has an ample chest to greet males with...It is somewhat analogous to "Es gibt Holz vor der Tür" (there's a pile of wood before the door) in German. There are unfortunately less refined ways to indicate that ample knockers do not correspond to the French small-tit standard: "c'est une vraie vache (laitière)" (she's a real cow!).

carallo (masc. noun) penis NOTE Normally used as an interjenction:"carallo!" To say "suck my dick" would be "chupa meo carallo".

cona (fem. noun) † cunt NOTE Usualy employed by women in phrases like: -Vai lava-la cona: Bugger-off - Non me toque-la cona: Stop to fuck me

fillo de puta (phrase) † son of a bitch NOTE This phrase is considered strong and it is usually pronounced with a lot of anger from the person who is saying it.The most common usage is in the sentence :Ti es un fillo de puta, meaning you are a son of a bitch.

foder (verb) Fuck, to have sex NOTE This is the Galician translation for the Spanish verb:joder. It can be used as a verb meaning to have sex, and it can also be

used as an exclamation meaning:fuck!. It is a widely spread word around Galicia, and even though some years ago could be considered strong, it is not that strong anymore. To the contrary, it is widely used by Galician adolescents as well as older people.

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lacazan (adjetive) lazy NOTE Word describing people who are lazy and/or stupid

m

merda (noun) † Shit,crap,to produce excrement NOTE

This word is similar to "mierda" in spannish and to"merda" in Italian

v

vai tomar polo cu fuck you/fuck off NOTE similar to portuguese phrase

vay facer merda † go do a shit,fuck off.go away NOTE

Often used by anoyed adults to people who are speaking rubbish

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abpoofen (verb, reflexive) to take a nap or doze off NOTE implies laziness; not proper cocktail party diction. abrauchen (verb) be destroyed, explode NOTE Was machen Sie, wenn Ihnen die Kiste abraucht?! - What will you do if the thing gets destroyed?! -- Ethymology: Rauch = smoke; rauchen = to smoke -- Literal translation: 'to smoke away'

abschädeln † to booze

abspritzen (verb, intrans) † to ejaculate amtlich propper, good in a cool way

anbaggern (verb, trans, seperable prefix) to approach s.b.NOTE to approach someone (usually of the opposite sex) with sexual intentions

angraben (verb, trans) same as "anbaggern" NOTE literal 'to dig on someone'

anmachen flirt,hit,give the eye NOTE Usually used by younger people in schools when approaching the ooposite sex ,or as an encourage for male to make a pass on shy girl: -Mach sie an!(literally:Make a pass!) anschaffen to work as a prostitute

anscheißen (irreg. verb, trans., sep.) to report (sb) NOTE Er schiß mich bei der Polizei an = He reported me to the police

anscheißen (verb, transitive, seperable prefix) to scold, to reprimand s.b.

anscheißen (irreg. verb, trans., sep.) to do the dirty (on sb.) NOTE da hast Du Dich aber anscheißen lassen = you were really done there

anscheißen (irreg. verb, trans., sep.) to give (sb) a bollocking NOTE mostly used in a nominalized form: Mein Chef gab mir einen Anschiß = My boss gave me a bollocking

Arsch, der ass, buttocks NOTE can be used as an insult, synonymously with 'Arschloch'

arschficken (trans.) † to penetrate the ass NOTE "normal" way of fucking for gays

Arschlecker (noun, m) † arse licker NOTE used as insult or as pejorative reference to somebody

Arschloch, das anus; detrimental person NOTE derogatory; second meaning very common nowadays. Arschlochkarte ziehen, die to be down on one's luck NOTE to get the blank

Aufreisser, der (noun, m) ? NOTE literally: someboby who (tries to) tears open somebody else (girls usually) less often used in the femal version: Aufreisserin Der alte Aufreisser hat sie rumgekriegt! - This old fucker got her!

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baggern (verb, intrans.) to approach NOTE to approach one or more persons (usually of the opposite sex) with sexual intentions

Bert (masc. noun) † complete idiot.NOTE Also an out-of- fashion first name.

bescheißen (irreg. verb, trans.) to cheat NOTE literally: to shit (on sb.)

beschissen † Shitty, fucked up, quite poor NOTE Der Flug war ganz beschissen.= The flight was really shitty.

beschnitten circumcised

besorgen † to fuck s.b.(obligatory orgasm) NOTE

Usage: Er hat es ihr besorgt = He fucked her alright Beule,die erection

Bierficker (masc. noun) † insult; literally 'beerfucker'

NOTE could mean 'someone whose dick is so small that it fits into the opening of a beer bottle'. maybe that's why it's an insult.

blasen (verb) to give a blow-job NOTE usage: jemandem einen blasen

bollern † to fuck

braut, die (noun) bride NOTE General meaning: bride. When used by teens or twens also meaning: Very nice and cute girl. Example: He, schau dir mal die Braut dort an ! --> Hey, look at this bird !

Bumsbomber, der (noun) † Literally: "Fuckerbomber"

NOTE In the 70's and 80's many German men took tours to Thailand for the express purpose of living out sexual fantasies, e.g., group sex, sex with exotic women, etc. Flights heavily populated with such "tourists" were the so-called "Bumsenbombers." See "Tripper-Clipper."

bumsen † to fuck

Busengrapscher, der Tit-toucher NOTE Someone who touches another woman's breasts, against that person's will, normally from behind. In the 1980's there was a scandal in Germany when a member of parliament of the Green party was found to have done this to one of his famale colleagues.

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dicke Eier haben (phrase) ‡ to be (very, very) horny NOTE literal 'to have big nuts (testes)' dummschwallen to talk nonsense

Dumpfbacke (fem. noun) † lit."dumbcheek", dimwit, stupid or boring person NOTE very colloquial, street jargon, obviously not too polite

e

Eier, die testicles NOTE Used in plural only.

f

ficken (transitive) to fuck NOTE Only used to refer to anal or vaginal penetration.

Fischkopf (noun) "Fishhead" Somebody from the northern provinces

Flocken, die (noun, pl.) money NOTE literal 'flakes', very common

Fotze, die ‡ vagina NOTE used also as injury for a woman

Fresse, die (noun) † face Fünf gegen einen masturbation furzen to fart

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Gebabbel, das nonsense, stupid talk NOTE used in Hessen (Frankfurt and surroundings) Gebrabbel, das nonsense, stupid talk

geigen (verb) † to fuck NOTE literal translation: to play the violin

geil (adjective) horny NOTE nowadays very widely used to express positive sentiments towards anything (ex. ein geiles Lied, geiles Auto, geiles Buch etc.).

Stronger forms (only with this meaning): saugeil, tierisch geil, affengeil, oberaffentittengeil Gertrud † fucky girl, woman,whore,bitch...etc...

Gesabbel, das nonsense, stupid talk Geschwalle, das nonsense, stupid talk Gesülze, das nonsense, stupid talk

Göbelmasse, die (fem. nom.) alcoholic drinks NOTE Er hat sich kübelweise Göbelmasse in den Kopp gekippt. He drank quite a lot of alcohol. lit: vomitsubstance göbeln (verb, intrans) to vomit

grapschen {= grabschen} to touch NOTE Used when someone touches another person's ass, breasts, reproductive organs against that person's will.

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Hinterlader, der (noun, m) ☺ breech-loader NOTE also used as weak insult for male, passive homosexuals litteraly: charged from behind

Hosenscheisser, der † Someone who always shits in their pants NOTE a common insult

Hure whore

Hurensohn † son of a bitch

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Ische girl or woman NOTE Used to describe one's own or somebody else's gilrfriend: "...seine Ische". Slang, but not insulting (except for feminists). Basically "Manta"-dialect (used by car mechanics and hairdressers)

j

Jabolo (masc. noun) Informal greeting or harmless insult NOTE A bit of a cult in the Southwest of Germany. Example: Jabolo, Schleim was geht? Fore more details check out the Jabolo Homepage at http://www.ee.ed.ac.uk/~ee3kv/jabolo.html jemandem einen blasen to give somebody a blow job

k

kacken (verb, intr.) to shit

Kennsch de Wayne? {Wayne intressiert's?} † Who the fuck cares? NOTE Quite offensive if you say it to someone who's just told you something they consider interesting.

kiffen to get high, to toke

Kippe, die (noun, feminine singular) cigarette NOTE Example: Hast du mal 'ne Kippe?

Kiste, die (noun, f.) female breasts, tits NOTE esp. used when the tits are big (Die hat eine große Kiste = She has big tits)

Kitzler (noun, masculine) Clitoris NOTE Commonly used. Roughly equivalent to the short form "clit" in English. Klampfe (fem. noun) guitar

klatschen (verb, transitive) † to clap, to beat up NOTE This word is used by right-wing gangs for beating up racial or ethnic minorities (Türken klatschen, einen Neger klatschen)

Klo, das Public men's room.The can.NOTE This word made famous in the movie 'Taxi zum Klo.'

Klo, das loo

Klugscheißer, der smart ass NOTE refers to a person who talks like he is very clever, where in reality he is very obviously not clever at all

knallen † to fuck NOTE Verb, transitive kotzen (verb, intrans) to vomit

krank (adjective) sick (having her period) NOTE a common way for a woman to let a gentleman know

that she's flying the red flag: "ich bin krank". It could of course be lots of other things, and only the context will make it clear (he's ready to roll in the hay, and she's less than enthusiastic).

Krumbaschniedschie (mas. noun) german potatoe pancake (Trier slang)

kübeln (verb, intrans) to vomit NOTE Kübel, der (noun, m.) = bucket

l

Lappen, der driver license NOTE literal translation: rag, cloth. German driver licenses were once made of large (A5 folded in half) gray paper

Latte, die lath, erection

Leck' mich kiss my ass NOTE Shortform of "Leck mich am Arsch"; In Bavaria also usable as expression of pleasure, surprise or even compliment ("Leck mi, schaut die gu(a)t aus")

m

Mäuse, die (noun, pl.) money NOTE literal 'mice', very common

Moese, die † vagina

moesen saft † cunt juice NOTE I fancy a pint of cunt juice Moos, das (noun, n.) money NOTE literal 'moss', very common

Möpse (noun,pl.) boobs, female breasts NOTE see official lotto slogan 'ran an die möpse'

n

nageln (verb, transitive or intransitive) to copulate (with someone) NOTE literal:'to fix with a nail', funny, but not offensive expression

Nutte, die whore

o

ochsen to fuck

Ödbacke, die boring person NOTE literal translation: boring cheek

orgeln (verb) † to fuck NOTE literal translation: to play the organ

p

Pappnase,die ☺ NOTE detrimental person ; stupid person

Pappnase,die ☺ NOTE detrimental person ; stupid person

Patte, die (noun, f.) money NOTE no literal translation, very common

Pflaume, die (noun, f.) † female genital region NOTE literal 'Prune', offensive

Pimmel † penis NOTE noun

poppen to fuck NOTE used in a funny sense Poppstar (m, noun) see poppen NOTE The person U R talking to should know the word 'poppen'. It is a

combination with engl. Popstar. This has only a funny meaning.;)

puderdose (fem. noun) pussy, twat NOTE rather nice discription for a pussy but should not be used in polite conversations.

pudern † to fuck

Pups, der (noun, m) a fart NOTE children's language

q

Querfotze (fem. noun) ‡ Literally 'cunt going sideways'

NOTE Only say it if you want to really offend a woman.

r

rammeln to fuck NOTE Rammler = male rabbit or hare rammeln † to fuck NOTE Rammler = male rabbit or hare reihern (verb, intrans) to vomit NOTE Reiher, der (noun, m.) = heron (big fishcatching bird)

Rottler (masc. noun) † wanker NOTE Hessian term. runterholen, sich einen to masturbate

s

Sack, der testicles, balls

Sackratten lousy animals,nisting at the balls,not funny

Scheisse, die ‡ shit

Scheißhaus, das (noun, n.) loo, toilet NOTE literal 'shit house', common, but not suitable for public usage Schlampe, die † unorderly woman NOTE woman who neglects her appearance or her household duties or who fucks around. Used as an insult by intolerant people.

Schlampenschlepper, der (noun) Pimp's car; literally "slut dragger." NOTE Used to indicate a (usually) large, American automobile, like those commonly seen in film scenes depicting pimps and their working girls. An old wreck.

Schnecke (fem. noun) ☺ penis NOTE child language. Schnecke, die (noun, f.) handsome female persone NOTE literal 'snail', of course considered offensive by feminists

Schniedel, der (noun) penis NOTE funny expression, not offensive

Schnitte, die (n.) chick NOTE Schau dir 'mal die Schnitte an! (Look at that chick!)

schnitten nageln † to nail some chicks NOTE common slang

Schnittenalarm (n.) lit.chickalarm, means "that there are some chicks around"

Schoßglatze,die (fem, nom) circumcision NOTE He is circumcised. / Er hat eine Schoßglatze lit.: baldheaded lap

schrullen, abschrullen (verb) † to piss NOTE Example: Muss schrullen wie's Tier!

Schwaadlappen (noun) cologne dialect for a person who talks endlessly NOTE Du bist mir aber ein Schwaadlappen

Schwanz, der penis

Schwanzlutscher, der (noun, m) ‡ cocksucker Schwengel, der (noun) † penis

schwul gay NOTE Formerly derogatory, now used by gay people to refer to themselves.

Ständer, der erection

Steifer (noun, masc.) erection NOTE einen Steifen haben = have an erection

Strapse, die (plural) girdles

strullen (verb, intr.) to piss NOTE used in a funny sense

t

tackern to fuck

Titten, die (noun, pl., f.) female breasts, tits NOTE common, but offensive

Torte Pretty Woman, Foxy Lady NOTE Hey, Torte komm mal her zu mir!

Tripper, der (noun) † The "Clap" [gonorrhea] NOTE The term is related to the verbs "tropfen" (to drip) and "triefen" (to run like a fluid, to drip). Obviously this has to do with the physical effects of the illness. Tripper-Clipper, der (noun) † Literally: "Clap [gonorrhea] clipper" NOTE In the 70's and 80's many German men took tours to Thailand for the express purpose of living out sexual fantasies, e.g., group sex, sex with exotic