galéjade

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan galejada.

Pronunciation

Noun

galéjade f (plural galéjades)

  1. (colloquial) tall story
    • 2023, Frédéric Beigbeder, Confessions d'un hétérosexuel légèrement dépassé, Paris: Albin Michel, →ISBN, page 24:
      Attention : vous allez peut-être devoir vous justifier publiquement pour vos dialogues à la machine à café de 2002, vos plaisanteries douteuses à la cantine de 2003 et vos galéjades dans les pots de départ de 2004. Nous sommes entrés dans une nouvelle ère.
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