merde

[merd, maird]

noun

1. excrement.

interjection

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of merde¹

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

Example Sentences

The most pithy comment came from the Agence France-Presse reporter, who told her editors that the Reuters story was “merde.”

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Looking at the camera, she said, "Merde alors, forgot the butter, always forget something."

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The perfumer on “Emily in Paris” adds indole, an aromatic compound, to the base notes “for some depth and richness,” to his new olfactory creation, describing it as possessing the same molecular shape as “merde.”

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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...

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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.

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