# French for 'corny'

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-for-corny/33633>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 18, 2000, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-for-corny/33633 "2000-09-18T18:07:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Starbury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Starbury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starbury)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-for-corny/33633/21 "2000-09-22T18:11:51Z")

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In case you were wondering (or ever have a need for it in your daily conversations) the french word for horny is ‘chaud’ or ‘chaude’(feminine).

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**Author:** ![Malarky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Malarky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malarky)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-for-corny/33633/22 "2000-09-23T18:56:10Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Starbury \*  
> \*\*In case you were wondering (or ever have a need for it in your daily conversations) the french word for horny is ‘chaud’ or ‘chaude’(feminine). \*\*

I will be sure to remember that:D

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**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-for-corny/33633/23 "2000-09-23T21:46:56Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Starbury \*  
> \*\*In case you were wondering (or ever have a need for it in your daily conversations) the french word for horny is ‘chaud’ or ‘chaude’(feminine). \*\*

Hmmm…so this is why my wife laughed so hard when I asked why the French didn’t translate “hot dog” as _un chien chaud_…

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