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French, But Rude: How to Swear Like a Local
Paperback
Series: People, Observed
HumorDictionaries & Encyclopedias
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 24 2026
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.23 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
French people don't just call you an idiot.
They diagnose which kind of idiot you are.
French, But Rude is an illustrated cultural field guide to the strange, precise and frequently hilarious world of French insults, slang and everyday swearing.
Forget memorising vocabulary lists. This book explains what French people are really doing when they call someone a con, a boulet, a blaireau, an andouille or a connard-because these words are not interchangeable, and choosing the wrong one can have unfortunate consequences.
Written in the deadpan voice of a British naturalist documenting an unfamiliar species in the wild, each entry includes pronunciation, literal translation, cultural meaning, native examples, danger levels and practical advice on whether you should ever attempt to use it yourself.
Inside, you'll discover:
- Why a perfectly respectable badger became an insult
- How an innocent sausage ended up describing your colleague
- The difference between an idiot, a liability, a loser and a complete asshole
- Why French swearing is less about vulgarity than emotional precision
- How tone, friendship, context and wine can completely change a word's meaning
Neither a traditional phrasebook nor a polite language manual, French, But Rude is for travellers, expats, language lovers and anyone who suspects that translation is only the beginning.
You are not here merely to translate.
You are here to diagnose.
Proceed carefully.
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