tapette

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  • (file)

Noun[edit]

tapette f (plural tapettes)

  1. swatter, flyswatter
    Il y a trop d’insectes. Passe-moi la tapette.
    There's too many bugs. Pass me the flyswatter.
  2. mousetrap
  3. (slang, derogatory) homosexual man, poof, faggot
    • 1999, Chrystine Brouillet, Les Fiancées de l'Enfer, →ISBN, page 91:
      "Un gigolo. Sans intérêt. Il ne le violerait jamais. Il n’était pas une tapette."
      "A gigolo. Nothing interesting. He'd never rape him. He wasn't a faggot."

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