pardon my French
verb/ˌpɑːdn̩ maɪ ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃ/UK/ˌpɑɹd(ə)n maɪ ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃ/US
Etymology
From the use of French to mean “vulgar language”, ostensibly because the words used are not in English.
- derived from to mean “vulgar language”
Definitions
To excuse the speaker's frankness of expression or profanity.
- That computer is a worthless piece of shit, if you’ll pardon my French.
- 'Have you been in England long?' / 'A damned sight too long—if you'll pardon my French,' she answered.
- Pardon my French, but Cameron is so tight that if you stuck a lump of coal up his ass, in two weeks you'd have a diamond.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for pardon my French. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA