# So I've been watching French porn again. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 11, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-been-watching-french-porn-again/528624 "2010-02-11T23:41:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fastidiots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@Fastidiots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fastidiots)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-been-watching-french-porn-again/528624/1 "2010-02-11T23:41:52Z")
What might “Défonce-moi” mean? “Trapping me” or having something to do with printing - I think - isn’t the entire picture… ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-been-watching-french-porn-again/528624/2 "2010-02-12T00:09:19Z")
There’s a verb, “défoncer,” which means to break something down. I think the reflexive “se défoncer” might be slang for getting someone high. ---
**Author:** ![Fastidiots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@Fastidiots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fastidiots)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-been-watching-french-porn-again/528624/3 "2010-02-12T00:26:14Z")
I think it might have more to do with… drilling for oil on the moon. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-been-watching-french-porn-again/528624/4 "2010-02-12T01:31:26Z")
In such a movie I would think the request would be followed through, in which case you should have seen a vigorous demonstration that puts Berlitz to shame. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-been-watching-french-porn-again/528624/5 "2010-02-12T01:41:18Z")
sock le blew sorry, couldnt resist that one. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-been-watching-french-porn-again/528624/6 "2010-02-12T03:17:14Z")
Effectively, it means “fuck me”, but somewhat more literally it means something along the lines of “run me through” or “break through me”. ---
**Author:** ![kombatminipig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5ac83/32.png) [@kombatminipig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kombatminipig)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-been-watching-french-porn-again/528624/7 "2010-02-12T07:53:10Z")
I love this board. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-been-watching-french-porn-again/528624/8 "2010-02-12T07:54:47Z")
And excellent user name topic synchronicity - at least the way the name looks on my screen. ---
**Author:** ![Fastidiots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@Fastidiots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fastidiots)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-been-watching-french-porn-again/528624/9 "2010-02-12T08:47:27Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > Effectively, it means “fuck me”, but somewhat more literally it means something along the lines of “run me through” or “break through me”. :eek: That is the sexiest thing I’ve heard all winter. ---
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-been-watching-french-porn-again/528624/10 "2010-02-12T15:05:17Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > And excellent user name topic synchronicity - at least the way the name looks on my screen. What’s wrong with tv vat? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-been-watching-french-porn-again/528624/11 "2010-02-12T15:16:44Z")
> [@Dog80](#): > > What’s wrong with tv vat? 😕 The letter “w” was originally written as “vv”, at a time when U and V were the same letter (hence the name “double u”). Substitute “w” for “vv” in “tvvat”. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-been-watching-french-porn-again/528624/12 "2010-02-13T15:46:45Z")
Actually, it sounds even better if you pronounce it like \*tvaaht \*viss a strong Cherman accent.