merde

American  

[merd, maird] / mɛrd, mɛərd /

noun

1. excrement.

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interjection

1. (used as an expletive to express anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.)

Etymology

Origin of merde

First recorded in 1905–10; from French, from Latin merda

Example Sentences

Heureusement on peut encore écrire de la merde raciste dans un torchon illustrée par les images d'une députée française noire africaine repeinte en esclave...

From The Guardian

He also refuses to open “merde” gifts before a show, the tokens and cards that dancers give one another for good luck, and named for, to put it politely, “manure” in French.

From Washington Post

Leos Carax, another French filmmaker, sharpens this critique in his short film “Merde,” which is a story of a green-suited, red-haired creature that emerges from the sewers to wreak havoc on pedestrians in Ginza.

From The New Yorker

There’s even a parody account, Chef Jacques la Merde, that takes junk food and plates it like it came out of a three-star Michelin kitchen.

From Seattle Times

So dancers wished one another “merde” in the hopes they’d encounter a full, fragrant house once they stepped onstage.

From Washington Post