source : http://www.languefrancaise.net/recherche/l...duless=siterech

Etrangler/Ettoufer un perroquet/un pierrot (strangle/choke a parrot/a pierrot) : drink a glass of absinthe
Read a green book : idem
Mominette : a very small glass of absinthe
Amazone (amazon) : Absinthe + gum syrup (instead of sugar)
Purée (Mashed potatoes) : little diluted glass of absinthe

Hussarde : either absinthe prepared normally (dripped), or purée
Bavaroise au lard (larded bavaroise) : Purée
Faire son absinthe (be like absinthe) : to sputter
Faire le coup de l'absinthe (perform the absinthe trick) : getting payed
Avaler son absinthe (to gulp one's absinthe) : accept something displeasant
Renverser son absinthe (to spill one's absinthe) : to die
Battre l'absinthe (to beat absinthe) : prepare absinthe
Eau de moule (mussle's water) : very diluted absinthe

Synonyms :
bleue, mauve, eau de savon (soap water), fée aux yeux verts (green-eyed fairy), herbe sainte (saint herb), poileuse, zezette (small absinthe), douanier (toll keeper), vert-de-gris, , bureau arabe (arab office), billet/omnibus pour charenton (ticket/bus to Charenton, an asylum), groseille de zouave (zouave's (Maghrebi french soldier) currant), gueuse verte (green tramp lady), vierge verte (green virgin), coueste

Cocktails :
Absinthe + anisette : panachée,bourgeoise (middle class lady)
Absinthe + coffee : caoua au lard (larded java)
Absinthe + orgeat syrup : mauresque, bavaroise aux choux,
Absinthe (50%) + orgeat syrup + water : Absinthe a la Vichy
Absinthe + white wine : Absinthe de minuit (midnight's absinthe)
Absinthe + grenadine syrup : Tomate (tomato) (also works for pastis)

C'est quoi l'absinthe en purée?

Purée (trs : mashed potatoes) would be a glass of absinthe with little water.

Say for example that the optimum water vs absinthe proportions would be 4 to 1, purée is more 2 to 1, Eau de Moule (mussle's water) would be 5 or 6 to 1.

I tend to drink purées in winter as a matter of fact

Nice topic. Definitely going to use some of these to mystify people around me, maybe the wiser ones will discover what they means .

Very nice! Thanks!

Love it: "eau-d'affe"

Daffy Water.

Funny, there's no term for ballz trippin' Interesting Aggleos, thanks for sharing.

These are wonderful!

Indeed!

Thanks, Aggelos!

I'll take a green virgin in mussle's water, please. ( I'd murder the original french if I ever tried to speak that.)

Totally prepared for the day to wow hipsters just hopping on for the mystique/reputation and getting to return some pretentiousness." Oh absente? I suppose, if you like your faux-absinthe made in a back woods bathtub! Ah-ha-ha-ha, how bourgeois. Adieu!"

Throw in a beerfest quote or two, quest completed!

I'll bet some of those go back pretty far. Thanks for the post.

This has a nice ring to it.

Yes,.....yes it does.



Now, where have I heard that name before....

Never had any but curiosity is kickin' my ass.

I would certainly like to try some.

Thanks again for the pix.

Thegreenimp strikes again.


It's been about a year or two since I killed the last of the bottle I had. I've love to get some again after my bank account has recovered a little.

It may well be the green haze being cast over everything, however reading this was captivating (in a very twisted sense of the word). I'm intrigued. Must reread when my comprehension levels rise. Thank you for the mental expansion.......I think.