tabarnak

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French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Originally a Quebec eye-dialect spelling of tabernacle.

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Pronunciation

  • (Quebec) IPA(key): /ta.baʁ.nak/
  • Audio (Quebec, Côte-Nord):(file)

Interjection

tabarnak

  1. (Quebec, vulgar, slang) An expletive and intensifier for all purposes.
    Synonyms: câlisse, crisse, ostie
    • 2009, Robert Maltais, Le Curé du Mile End, page 195:
      Non, non, c’est juste une joke. Garde-lé, ton vingt piastres. C’t’une tabarnak de gang de fous: j’ai les poches pleines. M’a te dire rien qu’une affaire: tu l’as en tabarnak ! Non, non, c’est vrai. T’es correct, toé.
      No, no, I was just joking. Keep it, your twenty bucks. They're all a fuckin' bunch of idiots: my pockets are full. Lemme tell ya something: you fuckin' have it! No, no, it's true: you're quite good, you.
    • 2023, Friday Night SmackDown, spoken by Sami Zayn:
      Roman Reigns, écoute-moi bien: demain soir, t’es chez moi tabarnak!
      Roman Reigns, listen to me: tommorow night, you're in my fuckin' house!
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