French slang

One of the difficulty when you arrive in a new place is to adapt yourself to the way people talk. Even though you speak a perfect academic French, you’ll struggle to understand what your new friends are talking about. So below a small dictionary of street French, feel free to comment and to add other expressions:

Slang	Equivalent in French	Translation in English	How it’s used	Translation
kiffer	aimer	like	je te kiffe	I like you
soulé	en avoir marre	to be fed up	je suis trop soulé	i’m too fed up
taf	travail	work	j’ai du taf	i have work to do
ouf	fou	crazy	c’est un ouf	he’s crazy
chambrer	se moquer	to make fun/ to tease	je te chambre	i’m teasing you
pote	ami	friend	mon pote	my friend
degueu	degeulasse	awful	c’est degueu	it tastes awful
texter	envoyer un sms	to text someone	je te texte demain	I’ll text you tomorrow
gerber	vomir	to throw up	j’ai vomi hier	I threw up yesterday
thune, pognon	argent	cash	j’ai pas de tune	i don’t have cash
lourd / relou	ennervant	annoying	il est relou	he is annoying
chiant	ennuyant	boring	ce film est chiant	this movie is boring
se faire chier	s’ennuyer	to get bored	je me fais chier	i’m getting bored
chelou	louche	weird	cet homme est chelou	this man is weird
chiotte	toilettes	wc	ou sont les chiottes?	where are the wc?
clope	cigarette	cigarette	t’as pas une clope?	you have a cigarette?
que dalle	rien	nothing	j’ai que dalle sur moi	i have nothing with me
à poil	nu	naked	elle était à poil	she was naked
racaille / caillera	banlieusard	young suburban	c’est une caillera	he is from a poor suburb
renoi	noir	black (man)	c’est un renoi	he is a black
en scred	en secret	discret	je suis sorti en scred	i went out discretely
taxer	emprunter	to borrow	je peux te taxer une cigarette?	can I borrow a cigarette from you?
vénère	etre enervé	to be angry	ca me vénère	it makes me angry
wesh, oueche	comment ca va?	how are you?	wesh ca va?	what’s up?
mater	regarder	to watch	il était en train de me mater	he was watching me
louper	rater	to miss	j’ai loupé le bus	i missed the bus
meuf	fille	girl	c’est ma meuf	it’s my girl friend
grillé	attrapé	caught	tu m’as grillé	you caught me lying

Tags: french, slang, street