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Do you know these insults in Québécois French? (#843)

1 September 2014 by OffQc

In the comments section of a Facebook post, users left insulting comments about a young man who appeared in a video that went viral.

The contents of the video aren’t important… but the insulting comments in French might be of interest to you.

Here are some of the insults the man earned.

beau cave
total idiot

c’t’un malade
he’s crazy

pas fort!
lame, fail, pathetic

champion des épais
champion of the idiots

colon
idiot

Some people insulted other commenters with:

gang de caves
bunch of idiots, shitheads…

bande de cons
bunch of idiots, shitheads…

Lots of words for “idiot” in these comments:

un cave
un épais
un colon
un con

Colon is a settler, a peasant.

Pas fort is used in the same sense as “fail.” If someone did something stupid, attention might be called to it by saying pas fort to shame the person.

— William a vomi sur sa blonde.
— Pas fort.

— William threw up on his girlfriend.
— Fail.

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Posted in Entries #801-850 | Tagged épais, cave, colon, con, fail, français québécois, insult, lame, malade, pas fort, Québécois French | 4 Comments

4 Responses

  1. on 7 September 2014 at 04:57 Ti-cul du Québec

    Québec French swearing and idiomatism stands high on the list of why I love my language so much.


    • on 8 September 2014 at 02:27 OffQc

      It’s everybody’s favourite!


  2. on 7 September 2014 at 16:51 Bob

    Donc, ‘pas fort’ marche mieux qu’échec?


    • on 8 September 2014 at 02:24 OffQc

      Dans un contexte neutre, oui, «fail» se traduit par «échec». Mais ici je parlais plutôt du mot «fail» dans le sens de cet usage familier qu’on entend souvent chez les adolescents.



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