We all have our personal registry.
An unsophisticated vocabulary that we keep in a corner of our heads, just in case... Rude words, let's face it, are very useful.
Sometimes all it takes is a disparaging word, an inappropriate gesture or a shocking remark and there we are, delivering a vigorous curse.
It must be said that the French language is full of them!
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Some rudeness is funny.
“Nyctalope”
for example, dear to Captain Haddock, designates a
“
person having the ability to see in the dark or at night
”
.
When Hergé makes him say
“apothegm!”
, he reuses a word designating a memorable word, having the value of a maxim.
Other insults are distinguished by their originality.
Céline is the very example of this.
The writer exploded his wrath in tasty formulas:
"Tartaranese mongolomeux!"
,
"drooling sucker"
,
"spreading barbaque!"...
These filthy formulas spice up our language.
Le Figaro invites
you to (re)discover them in a short test.
Will you get a no-fault?