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What does it mean if someone puts "le" in front of a word? - Juliaaa - 10-02-2012 06:34 PM
I've seen this on twitter and facebook lately and I'm really curious to know what it means.
Examples:
le shower
le new clothing
le breakfast
WHAT THE NUGGS DOES IT MMEAN? I'm so confuzzled.
- Bumby - 10-02-2012 06:42 PM
It means "the" in french
- Van - 10-02-2012 06:42 PM
It makes you sound sophisticated because it means 'the' in French.
- kindstove998 - 10-02-2012 06:42 PM
it's a play on French.
"le" is french for "the"
- Pip - 10-02-2012 06:42 PM
"le" means "the" in french
- Mr. Smartypants - 10-02-2012 06:42 PM
i.e. is short for the Latin 'id est', meaning 'which is' or 'that is'. I think it's been adopted as a stylistic thing in the last few years. It's a shortcut so it saves some keystrokes, plus both its letters are on the home row. Besides, it's easy to spell. 8^)
- Anonymous_Source - 10-02-2012 06:42 PM
It is "the" in French. People use it as a joke, like fake sophisticated talking.
- Level 7 is Best - 10-02-2012 06:42 PM
An erudite-wannabe who's either pretentious or affectatious. But if they're under 20yrs, tho, it's affected humor or meme.
- KM - 10-02-2012 06:42 PM
it means they're being pretentious.