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French
Pronunciation
Noun
tapette f (plural tapettes)
- swatter, flyswatter
Il y a trop d’insectes. Passe-moi la tapette.- There's too many bugs. Pass me the flyswatter.
- mousetrap
- (slang, derogatory) homosexual man, poof, faggot
1999, Chrystine Brouillet, Les Fiancées de l'Enfer, →ISBN, page 91:"Un gigolo. Sans intérêt. Il ne le violerait jamais. Il n’était pas une tapette."- "A gigolo. Nothing interesting. He'd never rape him. He wasn't a faggot."
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