OffQc | Québécois French Guide

Adviser: Mr Harper, I think you may be showing too much neck, even for Québec. Harper: Oh je m’en crisse. C’est la fin de semaine. Donne-moi ce café.

You’re becoming experts at saying that you don’t give a shit (or a fuck either) in French, and it’s all OffQc’s fault. But, if Mr Harper knows how to say it, then you probably should too.

In entry #635, you discovered how to say “I don’t give a fuck” or “I don’t give a damn” using the verb s’en câlisser:

1. Je m’en câlisse.

Then, in entry #641, you discovered the verb s’en sacrer:

2. Je m’en sacre.

And now here’s a third way, inspired by this Urbania article:

3. Je m’en crisse.

This third way uses the verb s’en crisser.

You now know three québécois verbs to express not giving a shit about something:

s’en câlisser
s’en sacrer
s’en crisser

Here are a few examples using this new verb, s’en crisser.

On s’en crisse!
Nobody gives a shit!

Je m’en crisse que tu t’en crisses.
I don’t give a damn that you don’t give a damn.

Je m’en crisse royalement!
I don’t give a flying fuck!

J’ai coulé mon examen, mais dans le fond, je m’en crisse.
I flunked my exam, but really, I don’t give a shit.

Image: Emperor Haute Couture (Margaret Sutherland)

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Posted in Entries #601-650 | Tagged câlisser, crisser, Emperor Haute Couture, flying fuck, français québécois, Margaret Sutherland, Québécois French, s'en câlisser, s'en crisser, s'en sacrer, sacrer, Stephen Harper | 7 Comments

7 Responses

1. on 19 July 2013 at 11:09 Luke Zhou

   Et comment dit-on l’envers? 😉

   Exemple : “I like this professor – he actually gives a damn about the class!”

   « J’adore ce prof – au moins il (ne) s’en crisse pas de la classe! » …?

   
   
   • on 19 July 2013 at 12:41 OffQc

     Yes, you can say that Luke!

     
     
2. on 19 July 2013 at 12:34 Eva

   As always, I enjoy looking at the sources of where you get your examples, so I read that Urbania entry. I understood 95% of it, but got quite confused coming across the phrase: ‘Chauffer comme une femme’

   I know many definitions of chauffer, but this one completely missed me.

   If I am to understand it refers to ‘driving like a woman’?

   
   
   • on 19 July 2013 at 12:45 OffQc

     Yes, chauffer means conduire. Both are used in Québec. He said tu chauffes comme une fille (you drive like a girl).

     
     
3. on 19 July 2013 at 13:09 imveryape

   Great lesson. Now time to practice with the one finance guy in the office from Quebec. I’m over budget? I really don’t give a shit! Hmmm… maybe I won’t say that.

   
   
   • on 19 July 2013 at 13:14 OffQc

     Probably very wise to keep these expressions out of the office! Just say it your head…

     
     
4. on 19 July 2013 at 15:35 Mark

   Love your posts! Thanks for keeping it real.

   
   

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