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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.






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