tabarnaque de colliss
English translation: vulgar
| 20:08 Aug 28, 2001 |
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12 mins peer agreement (net): +1
vulgar Explanation: People in Québec swear a lot and "tabarnaque de colliss" refer to sacred objects: the tabernacle and the calix. You can't really translate this. It is particular to French Canadian. It's extremely vulgar. |
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55 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Damn! Hell! Explanation: I would say sacriligeous rather than vulgar, though I guess it's that too, especially if you're Christian. Sacriligeous swearing is peculiar to French Canada, and while it may sound offensive to Christians it's not really extreme (Oxford-Hachette gives "damn" for "tabernacle"). "Calice" is "chalice" in English. Stringing them together makes them a bit stronger, perhaps, but they are not in the same league as the four-letter-word ones, and sacrilege may seem like a nice change of pace after sexual and excretory excess. |
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