What does BG mean in French?
What does BC BG mean?
What does "c'est un BG" mean?
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1 . Bordel
Bordel literally means brothel. However, these days bordel is more commonly used to describe a large mess. An example would be: Range ta chambre. C’est le bordel. Clean your room. It’s a mess.
2 . Balle
Balle as a singular, literally means bullet. Yet back in the day, balles was used as a slang word for francs, the French currency pre-2002. And when France moved on to the euro, balles moved with it and it is still sometimes used in reference to money. An example would be: J’aime ton pantalon. Merci. Je l’ai acheté au marché pour quinze balles.
3. Baraque
The word baraque literally means shanty, or small house made of planks. However, recently the term has been adapted to refer to a house, or, as an adjective, baraqué , someone who is really muscular. For example: On habite dans une grosse baraque avec 10 colocs. We live in a large house with 10 other people.
5 . BCBG
Another popular acronym, which is the French slang for preppy, is BCBG (bien chic bon genre).
7. Bobo
Bobo is actually baby talk for une blessure (an injury) . However, you will find that young people commonly use this term when referring to minor injuries such as cuts and bruises. An example might be: Qu’est-ce qu’il y a? J’ai un bobo sur le pied. What’s the matter? I have a scratch on my foot.
8. Bouffer
Bouffer literally means to puff up or balloon in size. However, it has become common practice to replace the word manger (to eat) with bouffer in everyday speech. And in turn, la bouffe is then used as another word for food. Here is an example: J’ai trop mangé. J’ai bouffé un steak tartare avec des frites suivi d’une grosse tarte aux pommes.
9. Une clope
A commonly used slang word, especially in Paris, is the argot for cigarette; une clope. For example: T’aurais pas une clope? You don’t happen to have a cig, do you?
What does BG mean in a game?
BG. From the French abbreviation "Beau Goss " meaning beautiful, handsome man. This abbreviation is often used to refer to a boss playa. He is man that owns respect from from all fellow BGs. His other bros wanna be a BG like him and try very hard to achieve this legendary alpha-male status.
What does "bad game" mean?
Bad Game. Typed in after someone plays a poor game, most commonly used in online multiplayer First Person shooters .
What does "gros" mean in French?
2 – Gros. First, it means “fat” but the French slang means “dude” or “bro”. The ones you are more likely to hear in France are “gros” or “mec”. It is the same logic with the Spanish expression (from Spain) “tío” meaning uncle but that can be used for “dude”. For example.
What does "le sang" mean?
It means the blood. When you use it to describe someone by telling this person is “le sang”, it means that this person is everything for you.
What is the French slang for "my man"?
This French slang was made up of the English word “my man”. It was transformed into Mamène. The French rapper doing some troll rap named Lorenzo uses it a lot in his videos. This is a slang that French people will say as a joke and not in a natural way. For example. Alice c’est ma pote. Alice is my friend.
What does "ça gère la fougére" mean?
This expression could be translated as “It rocks”. There is a silly expression that rhythms “ça gère la fougére”, (fougére means fern).
What does "je m'en fou" mean?
An acronym for “On S’En Fou” meaning “we don’t care”. You can say “je m’en fou” it simply means in English “I don’t care”.
What does "bobo" mean in slang?
This a cute way to say to a kid he got a scratch. The second meaning is an abbreviation of the French word “bourgeois” meaning the person is wealthy and cares only about organic food really expensive and lives in a big city like Paris. This is to me, the cliché representation of what is a bobo in France.
Do French use acronyms?
The French love to use acronyms for the slang for sure but also for their everyday life. It has been a comment from the Belgians I meet telling me it annoyed them.
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What does BG mean in French?
True, it could come from BCBG (Bon Chic, Bon Genre) like other people said, but if you are young and/or talking to young french person, BG could also be slang. It is the acronym of Beau Gosse, i.e. a good-looking guy. "C’est trop un bg ce mec’’ = This dude is so handsome. We used it a lot when I was a teenager.
What does BC BG mean?
This is part of that expression: BC,BG ( bon chic, bon genre) meanning good taste, good quality are in accordance with each other.
What does "c'est un BG" mean?
When said by a girl (“C’est un BG”) it might rather be a compliment related to the physical appearence of the so called person …
