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French Slang
For Drinking
and Eating
Situation
By Talk in French
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Difculty: Intermediate- Advanced
Its party time! Whether youre out for a cozy dinner
with your French friends or hiting the town for
a night of drinking, merriment, and a litle bit of
mischief, how would you like to be the life of the
party by knowing exactly the right words to say?
Sounds awesome? You bet it is!
So here you go with a list of words and phrases that
you should arm yourself with. And no mater how
wasted you get, remember to always keep it classy!.
EN BUVANT ET EN MANGEANT DRINKING AND EATING
la tienne/ la vtre! Cheers!
une andouille fool (sort of sausage)
un apro (= apritif) drink, aperitif
ardoise: avoir une ardoise to have a tab (slate)
arroser to celebrate with a drink
becter to eat (to nosh)
la boufe meal, something to eat
boufer to eat, to have a meal
a sarrose! That deserves a drink!
Cest cadeau. Its a treat.
le canon drink
cloche: se taper la cloche to have a good meal
couper (ne pas y couper) to cut (not to miss)
coter (la peau des fesses*) to cost (an arm and a leg)
cracher (sur quelque chose) to say no to, to spit on
crever (de faim) to die (of hunger)
crocs: avoir les crocs be famished
croute: casser la croute have a meal, snack
la cuisine cooking
la cuisine du terroir regional cooking
le cuistot chef
dalle: avoir la dalle to be hungry
descente: avoir une bonne descente to knock it back
ecluser to knock back (to sink) (your drink)
estomac: avoir lestomac dans les talons to be very hungry
les fruits de mer seafood
le gigot leg of lamb
grave serious(ly)
jaune: un ptit jaune pastis
jeter: sen jeter un* to down a drink
magner/se magner to get a move on
la mousse beer
une occase (= occasion) occasion
la picole boozing
le pinard cheap wine (plonk)
le pochtron drunkard (piss artist)
poil: tre de bon/mauvais poil to be in a good/bad mood
poil: navancer pas dun poil to advance hardly at all
poil: reprendre du poil de la bte to recover (from a hangover)
le poivrot drunkard
rgaler to treat someone else
regarder: ne pas y regarder to be generous
remetre to have another
le resto (= restaurant) restaurant
rtam, tre to be hammered (legless)
se creuser les mninges to rack your brains
se dfoncer to get wasted
se grouiller to get a move on
metre en train to get with the ow
payer to treat yourself
prendre (un apro) to have a drink
se taper to treat yourself
le solard drunkard
tass: bien tass a good measure
train: se metre en train to get in the ow
traite: boire dune traite (to drink) in one swallow
trinquer to clink glasses, to propose a toast to some-
one
les viennoiseries pastres
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