petit calisse de malade mental
English translation: little fucking spastic
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| French to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Québécois \"sacres\" (swear words) in a play | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Margaret Morrison United Kingdom Local time: 22:33 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | Damn you, stupid jerk |
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| 4 | damn little moron |
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| 3 +1 | little fucking spastic |
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| 4 | (stupid) little fuckwit |
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| 2 | you're the fucking asshole who's out of touch with reality |
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42 mins confidence: 
you're the fucking asshole who's out of touch with reality Explanation: To reflect the "menteur" (out of touch with reality) and even the "illness" aspect of it, even though neither one of them might not be ill in that way, as such. |
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41 mins confidence:
damn little moron Explanation: malade mental is often use In alternance with moron in Quebecois which comes form English, so the equivalency is easy here. for calisse there is no official nomenclature but damn works. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 44 mins (2017-03-20 19:10:11 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- in "Top of the Heap" crime novel by Erle Stanley Gardner, 1952 Example sentence(s):
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1Damn you, stupid jerk Explanation: I certainly would not use the F word in a family exchange. And when Sam says F y in French, it should be translated by something less agressive as saying it in English in a French environment id not as offensive as it would be in an English one. Example sentence(s):
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jerk |
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3 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1little fucking spastic Explanation: Sorry - both very offensive terms - but depending on how much the brotherly love shown here escalates, I think it would be within the register to use this phrase, and it retains the offensive "ableist" reference. It is UK English usage tho - very offensive in UK, less so in US I gather. "fucking retard" might be more portable between US and UK. |
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4 hrs confidence:
(stupid) little fuckwit Explanation: I think that might be used between siblings and is a similar register. https://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1446773345 Benjamin Harris “Are you as deaf as you're stupid, you little fuckwit. Get off your ass, ... He turned to see the horrible visage of his brother, grinning with manic glee. |
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