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)
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! » …?
Yes, you can say that Luke!
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’?
Yes, chauffer means conduire. Both are used in Québec. He said tu chauffes comme une fille (you drive like a girl).
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.
Probably very wise to keep these expressions out of the office! Just say it your head…
Love your posts! Thanks for keeping it real.