plouc

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Breton plouk, from Breton ploue. First attested in c. 1880s..

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pluk/
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Noun

plouc m or f by sense (plural ploucs)

  1. (informal, derogatory) hick, country bumpkin, yokel
    Synonym: paysan
  2. (informal, derogatory, figuratively) rube
    • 1999, Anna Gavalda, “Permission”, in Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part, →ISBN:
      Mon frère, il ne dit jamais un pavillon, il dit une maison. Il trouve que le mot pavillon, ça fait plouc.
      My brother never says pavillon [detached suburban house], he always says maison [the general word for house]. He thinks the word pavillon sounds common.

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