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Magasineuse compulsive — 200 paires de souliers (#532)

31 January 2013 by OffQc

In the French of Québec, you’ll come across the verb magasiner in the sense of “to shop.”

A shopper is un magasineur or une magasineuse.

Here are examples of ways that I’ve heard these words used in the past few days.

magasiner un matelas
to shop for a mattress

magasiner en ligne
to shop online

magasiner l’esprit en paix
to shop with peace of mind

une magasineuse compulsive
a compulsive shopper

In this Urbania interview, you can read the confessions of une magasineuse pathologique who, among other things, owns 200 pairs of shoes. She says:

Quand j’achète quelque chose, c’est comme un fix. Je ne prends pas de drogue, mais je m’achète des affaires. Mon buzz dure une heure maximum.

When I buy something, it’s like getting a fix (of drugs). I don’t do drugs, but I do buy stuff. My buzz lasts a maximum of one hour.

Where do you put 200 pairs of shoes?

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Posted in Entries #501-550 | Tagged buzz, drogue, français québécois, magasinage, magasiner, magasineur, magasineuse compulsive, Québécois French, shoe, soulier, Urbania | 5 Comments

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  1. on 31 January 2013 at 09:07 Benoît Melançon

    For more examples of “magasiner” see my “Vocabulaire de la consommation (humaine)” : http://oreilletendue.com/2012/04/27/vocabulaire-de-la-consommation-humaine/


    • on 31 January 2013 at 09:17 OffQc

      Excellent, merci Benoît.

      From the Urbania interview, we also have:

      Dépendante au magasinage, elle possède près de 200 paires de souliers […].

      Magasineuse compulsive, elle se console en regardant Dr. Phil.

      Quand je me sens comme de la merde, je vais magasiner pour me sentir mieux…


  2. on 3 March 2013 at 21:43 Jennifer Wagner (@ielanguages)

    Just wondering if magasiner is ever spelled magaziner? A French textbook that I’m analysing for my research includes magaziner in an article about Quebec and I’ve never seen it spelled that way.


    • on 3 March 2013 at 23:07 OffQc

      The only accepted spelling is with an s, and that’s how you’ll see it in the media (newspapers, advertising, etc.) and in dictionaries (like Franqus). With a z, it would be considered a spelling error. “Magasiner” derives from “magasin” and not “magazine.”


      • on 4 March 2013 at 15:55 Jennifer Wagner (@ielanguages)

        That’s what I thought, thanks! It’s sad how many mistakes I’m finding in these textbooks. They obviously did not have any Quebec French speakers help write or proofread them.



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