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pardon my français en · VERB

Etymology

Blend of pardon my French + French français (“French”).

Meanings

1. Synonym of pardon my French.
   • Tradeoffs suck (pardon my Francais). 1997 December 29, Steve Sidwell, “Leaving tomorrow for Asia”, in bit.listserv.travel-l (Usenet):
   • Chapter 22 / Pardon My Français: Ten (Or So) Expressions You Need to Know 2001, Cheryl A. Pientka, Laura M. Reckford, France For Dummies, Hungry Minds, →ISBN, page 485:
   • “First car and likely your current car, which, pardon my français, is a rolling piece of garbage.” 2020, Tracy Clark, chapter 1, in What You Don’t See: A Gripping Private Investigator Series, Canelo, →ISBN:
   • “Because I do not think Tiffany wants a size seven high-heeled Christian Louboutin up her ass—if you’ll pardon my Français.[…]” 2016, Adam Gittlin, chapter 3, in Deal Master: A Novel, Greenview Publishing, →ISBN, page 28:
   • As if he heard my thoughts, he opened the door just then. “Fuck! It’s crazy out there!” he shouted.[…]She pointed to me. “Meet Josh, my student.” / George’s face fell when he saw me. “Whoops! Sorry about that, kid. Pardon my français.” 2007, Barry Lyga, Boy Toy, Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 129:
   • “Jackass bastard,” West muttered. “Pardon my français.[…]” 1993, Roseanne Williams, Hot Date, Harlequin Books, →ISBN, page 118:
   • “I guess we were the only two at TNF who didn’t give a shit—pardon my français—about politics.[…]” 1990, Tony Gibbs, Running Fix, Random House, →ISBN, page 76:
   • Pardon my Francais but was I pissed. 1998 July 5, Beanie, “Good-Bye My Friends”, in soc.support.depression.manic (Usenet):
   • Well, I found Stunt Race FX and KG Baseball to be utter sh*t, pardon my francais. 1994 September 17, Castellan, “Are you happy with your Jag?”, in rec.sport.hockey (Usenet):
   • And that fuckin trumpet, pardon my francais. 2015, Stephen King, “Drunken Fireworks”, in The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, Scribner, →ISBN, page 453:
   • “Yeah, scared shitless, if you’ll pardon my Français.” 1992, Vincent Courtney, Wake Up Screaming, Pinnacle Books, →ISBN, page 38:
   • Taxis have become an absolute bugger, if you’ll pardon the français. 1968, Frederic Raphael, Orchestra & Beginners, Viking Press, →ISBN, page 390:
   • Anyway, here I was on this park bench with a French loaf, some cheese and a large bottle of beer trying to figure out how I was going to open the bottle without a ‘tirer-bouchon’, pardon my francais. 2011, Chris Buch, “Some European Titbits”, in Hello Sunshine: A Blitz Kid’s Journey to the Sunshine State, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 219:
   • “Who fucking cares about money?” my mother hissed. When Avery looked up at her from her tea, my mother said sweetly, “Pardon my français.” 2017, T. Greenwood, “Haven”, in The Golden Hour: A Novel, Kensington Books, →ISBN:
   • “No. Goddamit. Pardon my francais, sweetheart.” 2008, Nisi Shawl, “Good Boy”, in Filter House, Aqueduct Press, →ISBN:
   • My next bitch, pardon my Francais, may be a perfectly legitimate bug. 1987 December 7, bi...@killer.uucp, “NetHack Woes”, in comp.sources.bugs (Usenet):
   • First off, pardon my francais. / Second off, stop all this stupid ROGER MAYNARD KILL FILE stuff. 1994 March 18, Rob Polinsky, “Stop The Roger Maynard Shit!”, in rec.sport.hockey (Usenet):
   • Quite a giggle! More humourous^([sic]) than your Bob Hope, I can tell ya’ fuckin’ that, mate! / (BEVERLEY stops playing. There is an astonished pause. ARCHIE smiles, awkwardly.) / ARCHIE: I hope you can pardon my Français, Bev. 1997, Israel Horovitz, The Primary English Class and Six New Plays, Smith and Kraus, →ISBN, page 99:

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pardon my French