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pardonnez mon français

pardonnez mon français phrase: synonym of pardon my French.

Phrase

pardonnez mon français

  1. (humorous) Synonym of pardon my French.
    • Out on the street, the bald guy, you know, Julie’s, pulls out these car keys and heads straight for this pink Buick Electra convertible! They could just die, and the little runt is grinning like a shiteater, pardonnez mon français.1988, Trey Ellis, chapter 28, in Platitudes (Vintage Contemporaries), New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 100
    • Pardonnez mon francais, mais why the fuck did God distribute these "possessions" of ours so unevenly?1996 September 10, Wayne Delia, “The Question: Is God "All Powerful"?”, in alt.bible (Usenet), archived from the original on 18 May 2025

Synonyms of pardonnez mon français

Origin of pardonnez mon français

From a French calque of pardon my French, perhaps from the irony of using actual French to apologize for the "French" (obscenity) the speaker worries might cause offense.

Questions about pardonnez mon français

What does pardonnez mon français mean?
Pardonnez mon français means synonym of pardon my French.
What part of speech is pardonnez mon français?
Pardonnez mon français is a phrase.

Words near pardonnez mon français in the dictionary

  1. pardoning my French
  2. pardonings
  3. pardonless
  4. pardonmonger
  5. pardonmongers
  6. pardonnez mon français
  7. pardonnez my French
  8. pardons
  9. pardons my French
  10. pardoprunox
  11. pardos

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