vachement

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Permalink Reply by Neil Coffey on May 28, 2013 at 10:16pm

Yes -- it's essentially similar to "bloody...", "pretty (damn)..." in English, e.g. "des trucs vachement compliqués" ~ "some pretty damn complicated stuff".

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Permalink Reply by Chantal Savignat on May 28, 2013 at 10:27pm

Yes it is casual, you can't write "vachement" except if you write a conversation,

but you can hear that every day,  everywhere, especially said by young people.

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Permalink Reply by Florian Chanonat on May 28, 2013 at 10:48pm

I'm young, I'm 23 and I said "vachement" and "carrément" everyday ! Ahah.

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EducatorPermalink Reply by stu harris on June 2, 2013 at 11:05pm

Of course, vachement chouette means cowly owl.

Just kidding, it's really terrific!

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Permalink Reply by susan klee on June 3, 2013 at 1:08am

But /chou/ is owl.

So chouette must be little owl.

So vachement chouette must be cowly owlie, n'est-ce pas??

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EducatorPermalink Reply by stu harris on June 3, 2013 at 1:20am

Very witty, but in fact chou = cabbage (or sweetheart, colloquially). So it'd have to be cowly cabbagelet.

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Permalink Reply by susan klee on June 3, 2013 at 1:40am

just rushed back to the keyboard!  Yikes!  Vachement stupide!

Pardonnez moi, tout le monde, je vous prie !

Je ferais mon mieux de ne pas re-faire un tel stupidite!

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