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Twenty new words of the day, from apéro to terroir

1 min read · Xavier Leroy
The spoken French textbooks skip — du coup, bof, flemme, kiffer — plus the words learners fall in love with.

The spoken French textbooks skip — du coup, bof, flemme, kiffer — plus the words learners fall in love with.

What was added

Twenty new entries, in two flavours. First, the everyday spoken French you hear constantly but rarely get taught: du coup, bof, truc, la flemme, bosser, kiffer, bref, vachement, chouette, genre. Then the words people fall in love with: apéro, terroir, chiner, la rentrée, se blottir, frileux, la grasse matinée, bouquiner, se débrouiller and l’esprit d’escalier.

What each one gives you

IPA, English-reader phonetics, a plain meaning, two example sentences in different registers, three related words, and a short note on how the word actually behaves socially — because « j’ai la flemme » is a confession every French person accepts.

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