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A common criticism leveled at the
U.S. is that we're not the most worldly society: less than ten percent of the population owns a passport and thirty-five percent are unable to name the country south of Texas.* So how can we become more involved in the utopian ideal that is the global village? By learning to describe sexual
acts in foreign tongues, of course! In the first installment
of this culturally enlightening series, we visit those masters of insults and double-entendre, the French. Grant Stoddard
* It's Mexico
English
French
What
it means
"I don't give a shit!"
Je m'en bats les couilles
"I slap my balls against it!"
To give a blowjob
Tailler une pipe
carving a pipe
cunnilingus
brouter le cresson
grazing watercress
menstruation
les Anglais ont débarqué
the English have landed
uncircumcised
chauve à col roulé
bald one in a turtleneck
titty fuck
branlette Espagnol
Spanish jerkoff
"You are hot!"
Tu es pine-au-cul mettable
"You are ass-fuckable!"
dildo
gode
God
Next time: the infinitely practical guide to Dutch.