Glossary entry (derived from question below)
May 28, 2015 08:31
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French term
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Well, if you mean 'beuh' in the sense of verlan for 'herbe' = cannabis?
I hope you're not referring to beur?
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Note added at 6 minutes (2015-05-28 08:38:16 GMT)
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http://dictionary.reverso.net/french-definition/beuh
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Note added at 10 minutes (2015-05-28 08:42:20 GMT)
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Ah, then hardly really 'pornographic'!
I suspect it is meant to be 'beur' (unless you also have that as well?), in which case I think it is verlan for 'Arabe' (as far as I have been able to ascertain empirically)
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Note added at 11 minutes (2015-05-28 08:43:06 GMT)
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Beur is a colloquial term to designate French-born people whose parents or grandparents are immigrants from North Africa. It is also frequently applied to other Europeans with a North African origin, such as those in Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK.
Beur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beur
I hope you're not referring to beur?
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Note added at 6 minutes (2015-05-28 08:38:16 GMT)
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http://dictionary.reverso.net/french-definition/beuh
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Note added at 10 minutes (2015-05-28 08:42:20 GMT)
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Ah, then hardly really 'pornographic'!
I suspect it is meant to be 'beur' (unless you also have that as well?), in which case I think it is verlan for 'Arabe' (as far as I have been able to ascertain empirically)
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Note added at 11 minutes (2015-05-28 08:43:06 GMT)
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Beur is a colloquial term to designate French-born people whose parents or grandparents are immigrants from North Africa. It is also frequently applied to other Europeans with a North African origin, such as those in Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK.
Beur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beur
Note from asker:
It is in a list of French people and their origin. Same as bougnoul? |
Peer comment(s):
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Victoria Britten
: No clear reason given for imagining it's anything else.
23 hrs
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Thanks, Victoria!
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Juan Jacob
: Weed, aussi.
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Thanks, Juan! Oh yes, I overlooked that one. Is it still current? Takes me right back to the '60s ;-)
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Discussion
Tony has given the absolutely standard definition of "beuh", and the fact that "beur" also appears in the list precludes that particular confusion.
FYI, no, "beur" and "bougnoul" are not at all the same, though they (loosely) refer to the same people: "beur" is slang that just refers to geographical origin in the context of French immigration, whilst "bougnoul" is racist and deeply offensive.
OK, so that already tells us a bit more... there is nothing significant about the association of these words, other than that they are in alphabetical order.
So if you have only a word list, what di the customer tell you it was for / in connection with? If they haven't told you, then you really owe it to yourself to ask that question, in order to try and at least narrow down the context a little bit...
beauf
beaufs
beu
beuh
beuje
beur
beurette