currently starting a french vocab list for the book im reading! these words are taken from Dans ma chambre by Guillaume Dustan. esp if youre interested in learning abt slang, gay culture, the AIDS crisis in paris, and vulgar words in french (lol) i highly recommend!!!!!! words that are considered more familiar usage (i.e. do not put them in ur french paper for school) are marked with (fam.) & i’ve provided a few examples of the words whose definitions might be harder to understand without context.
ch. 1 glauque (adj.) - officially means “murky” or “blue-green,” but in slang means “seedy” or “shady” en prime (loc. adv.) - as a bonus s’emmerder (v.) - to be bored shitless (fam.) à la con (loc. adj.) - fucking stupid / “son truc à la con” - his stupid fucking thing se barrer (v.) - to scram (fam.) / “barre-toi !” - scram! gueuler (v.) - to shout (fam.) faire chier [qqn] (v.) - to piss off [someone] (fam.) / “tu me fais chier !” - you’re pissing me off!
ch. 2 se bourrer la gueule (v.) - to get wasted/shitfaced/hammered/very drunk (fam.) parano (adj.) - paranoid (fam.) / this is an abbreviation of “paranoïaque” ringard (adj.) - unfashionable, uncool accoudé (adj.) - leaning on one’s elbows monté (adj.) - hung (fam.) (as in penis size) se raidir (v.) - to stiffen up, to tense up se foutre de la gueule [de qqn] (v.) - to mess, to fuck around [with someone] (fam.) / “tu te fous de ma gueule ?” - are you fucking with me? are you messing with me?
let me know if you’d like to see more chapter vocab lists!