chienlit
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From chie (“shit”) + en (“in”) + lit (“bed”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chienlit m or f by sense (plural chienlits)
Noun
[edit]chienlit f (plural chienlits)
- masquerade, carnival
- C’est une chienlit. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- havoc, chaos
- 1968 May 19, Charles de Gaulle, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- La réforme oui, la chienlit non !
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “chienlit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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