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.
Québec French swearing and idiomatism stands high on the list of why I love my language so much.
It’s everybody’s favourite!
Donc, ‘pas fort’ marche mieux qu’échec?
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.