merde

American  

[merd, maird] / mɛrd, mɛərd /

noun

1. excrement.

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interjection

1. (used as an expletive to express anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.)

Etymology

Origin of merde

First recorded in 1905–10; from French, from Latin merda

Example Sentences

The most pithy comment came from the Agence France-Presse reporter, who told her editors that the Reuters story was “merde.”

From Los Angeles Times

Looking at the camera, she said, "Merde alors, forgot the butter, always forget something."

From Salon

The perfumer on “Emily in Paris” adds indole, an aromatic compound, to the base notes “for some depth and richness,” to his new olfactory creation, describing it as possessing the same molecular shape as “merde.”

From New York Times

Heureusement on peut encore écrire de la merde raciste dans un torchon illustrée par les images d'une députée française noire africaine repeinte en esclave...

From The Guardian

He also refuses to open “merde” gifts before a show, the tokens and cards that dancers give one another for good luck, and named for, to put it politely, “manure” in French.

From Washington Post