as a surname, Philippus de Gay), from Old French gai "joyful, happy; pleasant, agreeably charming; forward, pert; light-colored" (12c.; compare Old Spanish gayo, Portuguese gaio, Italian gajo, probably French loan-words). The ultimate origin is disputed; perhaps from Frankish *gahi (...
There was a french performer "Le Petomane" in the 1880s who used to do the same act in Paris. He would sit in a bowl of water and inhale it up his rectum and fire at a target! "Le Petomane" means "He who breaks wind", he could fart like a chicken"Kikerrekee" or do La ...
Possibly from Old Frenchembuie"one fettered," from Vulgar Latin*imboiare, from Latinboia"leg iron, yoke, leather collar," from Greekboeiai dorai"ox hides." (Words for "boy" double as "servant, attendant" across the Indo-European map — compare Italianragazzo, Frenchgarçon, Greekpais,...
“Bluebeard” (French: La Barbe bleue) is a French literary folktale written by Charles Perrault and is one of eight tales by the author first published by Barbin in Paris in January 1697 in Histoires ou Contes du temps passé. The tale tells the story of a violent nobleman in the ...
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An appeals court on Monday blocked a Texas district attorney from pursuing child pornography charges against Netflix for showing the French film “Cuties.”In a 3-0 ruling, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court injunction that put the prosecution on an indefinite hold.Netflix ...
Pictures today are from “Bathing Beauty Pageant, 1925, Huntington Beach CA.”· The featured photograph was taken September 1863. “Culpeper, Virginia. William H. French and Staff” · The featured photograph was taken September 1863. “Culpeper, Virginia. William H. French and Staff” · ...
Excuse my French but…what the hell is THAT about?!This huge, magical life event JUST happened. The moment I’d been dreaming about forever was finally my reality and I was busy worrying about how thin I had to be for the big day? Sure I can blame my eating disordered past for the...