Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

une soirée de ouf

English translation:

a wild night. ouf is verlan for fou.

Added to glossary by Stephanie Ezrol
Dec 26, 2009 18:38
14 yrs ago
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French term

une soirée de ouf

Non-PRO French to English Other Slang youth dialogue about music extravaganza
Is this a night of magic?
Or ?

Or a certain kind of party?
Lots of google hits on the phrase.
Change log

Dec 26, 2009 20:59: Tony M changed "Field (specific)" from "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" to "Slang"

Dec 27, 2009 14:31: Emma Paulay changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): writeaway, Tony M, Emma Paulay

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Proposed translations

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3 mins
Selected

a wild night

ouf = fou in verlan
Peer comment(s):

agree Drmanu49
3 mins
agree emiledgar : Yes, or "a crazy night" or would that be "a yzarc night?"
44 mins
agree Michele Fauble
4 hrs
agree Tony M
5 hrs
agree Chris Hall
5 hrs
agree Simon Mac
15 hrs
agree Lori Cirefice : yes, we had another question with "ouf" on here quite recently!
17 hrs
I know!
agree Verginia Ophof
23 hrs
agree sporran
1 day 1 hr
agree George C.
1 day 1 hr
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks, and thanks for the explanation."
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12 hrs

une soirée folle

depend of the text ,normally a funny good night
but may be also a lot of evenements not usefull and dramatic, one after each other
Peer comment(s):

disagree Tony M : Yes, but Asker did ask for an answer in English...
49 mins
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18 hrs

soiree de fou

ouf in verlan= fou
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