Clope!

But I never eat junkfood, have never stepped in a Mcdo.

I found another idea to not eat too much after having stopped the cigarette:
Knit!
when you are concentrated on this activity, you don't think anymore about junk food!

Thanks all, I thought it meant that. I too, was one who was slimmer when I smoked..

Bonjour,

Oui, oui, c'est de l'argot/it's slang for "une cigarette". A "cibiche" is also given as a synonym for "une/la clope"..., but it is old-fashioned :

- "clope [!]/ klOp / nom masculin ou f fag[!] GB, ciggy[!], cigarette." (Oxford-Hachette" dico online)

In my "Harrap's Slang" dico, one finds :

- cigarette*end, fag-end, cigar butt, cig(gy)"

Cordialement.

PS (Oct. 19th) : one also uses the term "une sèche" when speaking about cigs, fags... Hmm, by the way, when using the term "fag", I of course refer to the BRITISH slang term, not to the offensive American slang term...

OH yes -- I remember those days! At least we have an excuse for our weight gains! I'll accept any and all!

It does mean cigarettes. But we can hardly call that a miracle French diet. Even I was slim when I smoked.

Marc

Mimi - Beats me BUT -- it may be slang for cigarettes. Does anyone else have an idea?

Someone in Paris said the reason French women don't get fat is because of the clope.

P.S. I dropped by . I had no notification of your posts. Anyone else have this problem and still have to sign in usually.