La Plage

Our day off was spent lounging, not going to lie! It was so sunny, and so lovely, we decided that a day by the pool was most definitely in order rather than struggling on bikes elsewhere in the heat. Next week perhaps! This is Jen, taken on the beach during our romantic dinner for two...we joke that every time we go out to a restaurant it looks like we're going on a date of some sort - but the sad thing is that we literally have no one else yet that we know to go out for meals with! The site is not in high season yet, so does not have any permanent members of staff yet to socialise with! So we went to our restaurant on the beach (they already recognise us) and had some awesome food and watched the sunset. Not a bad life!

So, as promised, some more new French words:-

6. Hénaurme
A playful spelling of énorme (enormous), spoken with an exaggerated pronunciation. It's a humorous way to say really, really enormous. I guess that makes it the "ginormous" of French.

7. Palmé
Last year, oscariser, "to win an Oscar," made the list, making it easier to say things like "Titanic is the most oscarized film of all time." It seems only fair then, that now there is a word for winners of the Cannes Festival Palme d'Or: "palmed." Now it's every director's dream to be oscarized and palmed.

8. Texter

Though the Académie Française would rather you say "envoie-moi un message" (send me a message), the kids are already using texte-moi and don't seem likely to stop.

9. Patenteux
This term is specific to Québécois French and describes a certain type of resourceful person who can fix your sink or repair your carburettor with nothing but the lint in his pocket and a stick of gum. A MacGyver, if you will.

10. Chialage
Another Québécois word, this one comes from the verb chialer, meaning "to cry" or "whimper," but has taken on the meaning of "bitching and moaning." Chialage is a handy noun form you can use to say "stop yer bitchin' and moanin'!" Arrete ton chialage!

11. Plan cul
Let's just say this one is "booty call" and whatever that means to you.

Taken from Mental Floss