Provençal expression

Fan de ~ !

Character

Literal translation

child of ~ !

Meaning

a mild oath

Explanation

An exclamation marking surprise, the equivalent of bloody hell or good grief. It takes a word after it to form mild oaths : fan de chichourlo, fan de piè, fan de chino, fan de puto or de putan, fan de garço, with matching forms in regional French. The preposition is pronounced differently depending on which language is being spoken.

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