"Emmanuel speaks very cash": where does this word used by Brigitte Macron come from?

A sentence that never ceases to be talked about.

Invited on RTL this morning January 14, Brigitte Macron rebounded on the remarks of Emmanuel Macron, who confided that he

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Asked about this controversial outing, which sparked the ire of part of the public sphere, she justified these remarks:

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Where does this anglicism come from, which the president's wife used to justify this presidential exit?

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The various dictionaries agree that, as its spelling suggests,

is an Anglicism. It is described as

by the Robert. As an adverb, it is used in sentences of the type:

to say:

. It is also synonymous with

, i.e.

.

In the context of Brigitte Macron's phrase,

means:

. The word is an invariable adjective that has become a French expression. “Speak cash” means

. A meaning that does not exist in English, where the word is exclusively linked to money, to cash. We have

it by giving it this meaning, probably by the fact that a currency, an account that one pays is done in a clear way, without possible detour. A debt to be paid is to be paid.

The use of the verb

by Emmanuel Macron is therefore, according to the justification of Brigitte Macron, a way for the Head of State not to use a language of wood, to say things honestly. She also emphasizes that it is in her nature to

.

The use of the adverb in this sense is interesting, because it is used less and less as a synonym for

.

The custom nowadays is rather that we begin or punctuate our words with this adverb to bring them intensity, weight:

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The first lady therefore uses it here in its first, etymological sense, which is:

, as specified by the Treasury of the French language.