French C2: Slang & verlan · Words

Everyday French is full of familiar words: le boulot (work), la bagnole (car), le fric (money), bosser (to work), un mec / une nana (a guy / a girl), crevé (exhausted). Verlan swaps syllables: fou → ouf, femme → meuf, relou (lourd, annoying), chelou (louche, weird), vénère (énervé). Keep them for friends: in writing or at work, they sound out of place.

• le boulot — job, work (slang)
• la bagnole — car (slang)
• le fric — money (slang)
• bosser — to work (slang)
• crevé — exhausted
• ouf — crazy (verlan)
• chelou — weird (verlan)
• relou — annoying (verlan)

• J’ai trop de boulot en ce moment. — I’ve got way too much work at the moment.
• Il est vénère, laisse-le tranquille. — He’s fuming, leave him alone.
• T’as vu sa nouvelle bagnole ? — Have you seen his new car?
• C’est relou, ce bruit. — That noise is so annoying.