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From: jcf@world.std.com (Joseph C Fineman)
Subject: Re: "Chier" and "shit"
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Date: Mon, 6 Mar 1995 22:22:37 GMT
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It may be worth noting, while we are on this subject, that the French
term of abuse "chienlit", which De Gaulle notoriously applied to
rioting students in the '60s, comes from "chier" (& _not_ "chien" =
dog).  It means "shitabed".
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