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when peasants and artisans had one day per year to celebrate, to abandon all work and chores, to abandon contemporary mores and conventions, to shit in bed. Somebody would be chosen as king for a day, and even the lord of the manor sometimes joined in, enduring ritual humiliation, such as being led
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La chienlit : petit guide de la contestation en politique, Ă  l'universitĂ©, au théâtre, au cinĂ©ma, dans la chanson, dans l'Ă©glise; etc.
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The term is now common parlance in French political commentary, used both critically and ironically referring back to de Gaulle.
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The term is now common parlance in French political commentary, used both critically and ironically referring back to de Gaulle.
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Subsequently, the students re-used the expression on leaflets where the silhouette of de Gaulle was accompanied by the slogans "
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and softened by the French media to 'masquerade/chaos'. De Gaulle then repeated it in a TV broadcast for high impact.
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De Gaulle's use of obscure vernacular profanity in a major speech was initially mistranslated by
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Slogans of Mai '68. Image of the original 'poster-graphic' of General Charles de Gaulle -
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Slogans of Mai '68. Image of the original 'poster-graphic' of General Charles de Gaulle -
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Image of the original 'poster-graphic' of General Charles de Gaulle -
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The first known appearance of the term is in the 16th century novel
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Faits et dits du géant Gargantua et de son fils Pantagruel
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Traditional French term typically translated as masquerade
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La chienlit, c'est lui ! - the chienlit, it is him!
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La chienlit, c'est encore lui ! - it is still him!
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through the streets like a servant, or slave, or dog.
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La chienlit Dokumente zur französischen Mai-Revolte
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Index

French
masquerade
Mascarade
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
May 1968 in France
vernacular
scatological
pun

Gargantua
etymological
medieval
carnival
masquerade
The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel
François Rabelais
Émile Zola
Nana
L'Assommoir
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
May 1968 in France
vernacular
scatological
Georges Gorse
The Guardian
a dog's breakfast
Movement of 22 March
Anarchism in France

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