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What are some commonly used French slang in texting?
What are some commonly used French slang in texting?
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20 Feb 2021
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- Country or region Belgium
here are some of the ones i see the most:
jsp: je sais pas (i don't know/idk)
mdr: mort de rire (dead of laughter) kinda the same vibe
as lmao
(we can say "mdr" in real life too)
c: c'est (it is)
ct: c'était (it was)
g: j'ai (i have)
gt: j'étais (i was)
pg: pas grave (it's ok/no worries)
tqt: t'inquiète / tkt (don't worry)
"tkt" and "tqt" mean technically the same thing but i think people who write "tkt/sv/tfk" come off as, well not dumb but you know... just use the "right" way of writing it instead if you use it, it's better
cv?: ça va? (how are you?/hru?)
tfq?: tu fais quoi? (what are you doing?)
cc: coucou (hi)
slt: salut (hi)
mm: même (even)
bjr: bonjour (hello)
tlm: tout le monde (everyone)
bcp: beaucoup (a lot)
enft: enfaite (actually)
sinn: sinon (or else/depends on context)
vrmt: vraiment (really/rly)
pq: pourquoi (why/y)
stv: si tu veux (if you want to)
dsl/deso: désolé (sorry)
att: attends (wait)
nn: non (no)
stp: s'il te plaît / svp: s'il vous plaît (please/pls)
(some actually say "stp"/"svp" in real life too)
omd: oh mon dieu (oh my god/omg)
(quelques uns un peu plus violents)
(some a little more violent)
ptn: putin (fuck)
tg: ta gueule / ftg: ferme ta gueule (shut up/stfu)
clc: casse les couilles (annoying but harsher)
blc: bas les couilles (i don't care/idc but more, i don't fucking care/idfc but less?)
wsh: wesh (there's no english word, but it kinda sounds like you're from la street, i don't know how to explain lmao)
i tried to give as many as i could think of, i also looked at my conversation with friends to see, i hope it's not too much haha
although some of these can be a little too much, so don't use all of these or maybe you'll come off as lazy or something. hope it helped! i'll maybe add later if i can think of some
oh right there's also some weird people who say "toa" instead of "toi", but really that's... well yeah.
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- Country or region France
@Lara_elizabeth Hi, there is a list in that site if you want :
https://frenchtogether.com/french-texting-slang/
- Country or region Trinidad And Tobago
- Country or region France
- Country or region France
This article seems good except please don't use "sa va" instead of "ca va" or "cv" for "ça va". There is no economy in writing this (same amout of letters) and it just looks like an awful mistake between "ça/sa". (and it teaches you the wrong way)
- Country or region Trinidad And Tobago
- Country or region France
jsp > je ne sais pas (like i don’t know and idk)
Pq/pk > pourquoi (why)
mdr > mort de rire (dead of laughter)
ptdr > pété de rire (a bit the same as lmao)
tfk/tfq > tu fais quoi (what are you doing)
ql > quel/quelle (which/&what)
And a lot ! You can ask me precisely !
- Country or region Belgium
here are some of the ones i see the most:
jsp: je sais pas (i don't know/idk)
mdr: mort de rire (dead of laughter) kinda the same vibe
as lmao
(we can say "mdr" in real life too)
c: c'est (it is)
ct: c'était (it was)
g: j'ai (i have)
gt: j'étais (i was)
pg: pas grave (it's ok/no worries)
tqt: t'inquiète / tkt (don't worry)
"tkt" and "tqt" mean technically the same thing but i think people who write "tkt/sv/tfk" come off as, well not dumb but you know... just use the "right" way of writing it instead if you use it, it's better
cv?: ça va? (how are you?/hru?)
tfq?: tu fais quoi? (what are you doing?)
cc: coucou (hi)
slt: salut (hi)
mm: même (even)
bjr: bonjour (hello)
tlm: tout le monde (everyone)
bcp: beaucoup (a lot)
enft: enfaite (actually)
sinn: sinon (or else/depends on context)
vrmt: vraiment (really/rly)
pq: pourquoi (why/y)
stv: si tu veux (if you want to)
dsl/deso: désolé (sorry)
att: attends (wait)
nn: non (no)
stp: s'il te plaît / svp: s'il vous plaît (please/pls)
(some actually say "stp"/"svp" in real life too)
omd: oh mon dieu (oh my god/omg)
(quelques uns un peu plus violents)
(some a little more violent)
ptn: putin (fuck)
tg: ta gueule / ftg: ferme ta gueule (shut up/stfu)
clc: casse les couilles (annoying but harsher)
blc: bas les couilles (i don't care/idc but more, i don't fucking care/idfc but less?)
wsh: wesh (there's no english word, but it kinda sounds like you're from la street, i don't know how to explain lmao)
i tried to give as many as i could think of, i also looked at my conversation with friends to see, i hope it's not too much haha
although some of these can be a little too much, so don't use all of these or maybe you'll come off as lazy or something. hope it helped! i'll maybe add later if i can think of some
oh right there's also some weird people who say "toa" instead of "toi", but really that's... well yeah.
- Country or region Trinidad And Tobago
- Country or region Trinidad And Tobago
- Country or region France

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