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FRENCH LANGUAGE: The words "chelous" or "hénaurmes" that make their way into the dictionary

 

For those who have followed as far Woerth / Bettencourt and conflict of daily business "Le Monde" with justice, the Petit Robert dictionary in 2014 finally explain what a " fadette "(detailed phone bill statement). And those who would dig the case Jerome Cahuzac can learn about the words "tax exile" and "tax exile". Le Petit Robert, which renews each year's edition with the words and phrases recent news and installs in its thousands of pages and takes "marriage for all", "Higgs boson" or yet "webbed" (which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes).

In short, these new entries to the dictionary are "windfall" to show that he can be "in the loop" and have a maximum of "friends" (on Facebook) and of "followers" (Twitter), even retain "chelous" phrases like "aquoibonisme", "hide the cat shit" or "being refueled by crows."

In short, the dictionary is open to all the winds. Including those who blow long essays on "tenant of the Elysee", "want to be Caliph instead of the Caliph", "be headwind" , or "living legend" are clichés that all fall under the fingers only journalists who are now endorsing the Petit Robert.

"Clog" and "street art"

Other expressions are derived from the spoken language today, "hottie", "choupinet", "clashing", "nutcracker", "hénaurme" (variant huge), " Plan ass "," keke "or" this is a killer. " 

Words derived directly from English as "street art" and "low cost" did not find any equivalent in French etymology and are quoted verbatim.

The Quebecois words like "pantyhose" (sticky), "bourrasser" (bully) and "dial" (awakening) have found their way, as "arcade" (local commercial) for the Swiss. 

Finally, the side of proper names, many writers (Jonathan Littell, Alice Munro, Fred Pellerin, Olivier Adam) entering the Petit Robert, as well as filmmakers (Michel Hazanavicius Jafar Panahi), visual artists and photographers (Ai Weiwei, Berenice Abbott), musicians (Carla Bley), fashion designers (Jean-Paul Gaultier, Louis Vuitton, Hermes) ... In short, especially Western artists and men [the above list is deliberately biased by writing to restore a balance, Ed]. 

In the political field, nothing new: Barack Obama is indeed elected, Benedict gave up his papacy and Francis succeeded him, "war continues in Mali "and" the economic crisis continues to rage in Europe ", says the statement of Oxford. Thank you the dictionary.