French Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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slush n. Nouveau mot à la mode dans le milieu automobile, certains matériaux sont slush dans la 159. Cela signifie que la finition est opaque et la sensation tactile agréable. Cette technologie de pointe de « slush moulding » offrira donc un aspect agréable au plastique de la planche de bord. [French Automobiles & Transportation] [full cite] (Feb. 27, 2005)

soigneur n. The book by Walsh and Ballester attributes statements to Emma O’Reilly, 33, a U.S. Postal cycling team physiotherapist, also known as a soigneur, who worked with Armstrong from 1998-2000. [French Health Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Jun. 15, 2004)

tache d’huile n. Gallieni called this carefully coordinated military and social strategy the tache d’huile, the oil spot. Start out and carefully secure a hundred such bases and you are on your way to conquering a country. [ Language English French Subject Military Politics] [full cite] (Oct. 4, 2005)

tache d’huile n. In these facts it is to read a prediction of the ultimate Germanizing of the whole of that peninsula.…To use a common French expression, the German race fait tache d’huile; it spreads and spreads, and gradually covers the surface upon which it at first was but a spot. [ Language French Subject Politics] [full cite] (Oct. 4, 2005)

Tanguy Syndrome n. France: Tanguy Syndrome The name comes from a 2001 film about a charming 28-year-old who refuses to move out of his parents’ apartment despite their comical efforts to get him out. The movie highlighted the trend and sparked debate. [French France] [full cite] (Jan. 18, 2005)

un complet n. Each told the court they gave Cloutier “un complet”—fellatio and intercourse, in hooker parlance—at his Beauport home. [French Sex & Sexuality] [full cite] (May. 5, 2004)

veraison n. The growers thin the fruit when it’s going into veraison (a French term referring to the color change that happens as a grape is ripening), and the unripe fruit is pulled off the vine to give the more promising fruit more room to mature. [English French Food & Drink] [full cite] (Mar. 31, 2005)

verrine n. A verrine is an appetizer or dessert that consists of a number of components layered artfully in a small glass. (The word verrine refers to the glass itself; literally it means “protective glass.”) Intriguingly composed, they’re a study in textures, flavors, colors and temperatures. A beautiful glass might be filled with a layer of mushroom flan, sautéed wild mushrooms, a julienne of prosciutto, parsley gelée, wild mushroom emulsion and topped with a potato and prosciutto galette. [English French Food & Drink] [full cite] (Mar. 7, 2007)

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