Carolina French Toast

The act of preparing for natural disasters by stocking up on milk, eggs, and bread.
Must be a hurricane soon, everyone's shopping cart is full up with milk, eggs, and bread... must be making Carolina French Toast.
by giraffe-o August 28, 2011
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Shut the french windows

A phrase used not as a substitute for 'Shut the fuck up"

The english, classier version of Shut the front Door
Phyllis Logan from Downton Abbey at the Sag Awards 2013: "Oh my God, Shut the French windows!"
by fede01_8 January 28, 2013
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Pardon my French

The origin of this phrase (Which means excuse my use of profanity) does not originate for the French word for seal, as Lazy Time Waster suggests.

It in fact originates from the constant warfare between England and France many years ago, at that time "French" was associated with indecent things and activies (Swearing, kissing etc).
This was done fairly often in those days, sexually transmitted diseases (for one thing) had different names in different countries.

What the English might call the French disease, the Dutch might call the Spanish disease, the French might call the English disease and so on.
by Groaroaroar April 03, 2005
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French Horn

The worst instrument in a concert band. Often to quiet to be heard and near impossible to play well French Horn is the worst instrument to exist and should not be used
Damn, that kid sucks. He must be a French Horn
by Nightshade the brass player December 09, 2018
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French Dip

A two part event involving a bowel movement and a cell phone. After experiencing a large and complete bowel evacuation, the unwitting participant stands and gazes in awe upon their handiwork which rises out of the tepid water like a brown soft-serve ice cream cone with embedded nuts and corn. They overcome their shock at the quantity of excrement and bend over to send the steaming pile flushing towards the nether regions of the septic kingdom when his or her cell phone slips out of their chest pocket and embeds itself into Fecal Fantasy Island.
Dude, you wont be able to reach me for a couple days because my phone just took a french dip.
by Iryshman January 27, 2011
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French Credit Card

When someone swipes their fingers between an ass and then smells them to see if it stinks.
Mother: Little Sebastien, did you control your ass in the shower?
Little Sebastian: Oui Mama.
Mother: Bastard child! I should've dug you out with a coat hanger. I'll use my French credit card to see if you are lying.
(Mother swipes fingers in Little Seb's ass)
Mother: Stink of the ass! I knew it. It smells like the cheese we eat when we surrender to the Germans.
by Jacquesassstink May 25, 2012
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French Foreign Legion

A military organization that will allow any healthy male 18-45 to join, 17 with parent permission. From any country at any time for most reasons any man can walk into one of their recruiting stations and join up.

A Legionnaires' life is a difficult one, for the only starting contract you can sign is a five-year contract with a 60-day probation period where you can leave at any time. Most can't take the life and desert, for it is not a life of guns and glory, you'll spend more time behind a mop then behind a rifle.

And in response to the common misperception that the Legion will accept all sorts of criminals and miscreants, that is not true at all. At least, not anymore. A full background check is made on you, including a full check by Interpol so if your some deranged axe murderer they'll find you, then they'll turn you over to the police.

If you do join up, you'll either serve in mainland France or if you become a paratrooper in Corsica. Serving in the Legion means serving overseas, and you'll see Africa from the eyes of Djibouti and Algeria. If France is involved in a foreign war its the Legion that gets sent first.

The French Foreign Legion does not cater to criminals, so if your a psychotic axe-murderer you won't be let in, instead you'll be detained and sent to the police. They do perform a full background check on you, one that runs through Interpol and the largest police agency from your home country. So if your from America like me, the FBI will be contacted.

And as you bash France for its lack of military victories, the French Foreign Legion operates outside the French military, and has performed excellently when Legion affairs are left in Legion control.

From the instant you join from, providing you don't desert, the instant you leave, the Legion will always have your back. A man I knew inside was caught with cancer during his service, they paid for all his medical bills, paid for his family to fly across the continent to see him, paid for all of them to fly home, and paid for the funeral and had several officers there in attendance.

And a few things of advice for potential Legionnaires, when you go to the recruiting station, don't bring anything you can't live without, do bring a few locks to guard your stuff, and make sure you can march 10 miles and run 2 miles at the drop of a hat.

Best of luck if you do join.
French Foreign Legionnaires, strangers by birth but family by choice.
by Lutherous February 09, 2006
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