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Re:Verlan: French slang that inverses words by rvnx on Sunday February 02, 2020 @07:04AM (#22216575)
Not used by French, don't believe Wikipedia :)

It's among the jokes of uneducated French supposedly using "comme même" (like though) instead of "quand même" (even though).

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Re:Verlan: French slang that inverses words by anonu on Sunday February 02, 2020 @07:30AM (#22216650)
The word meuf is not used? It's very common...
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Re:Verlan: French slang that inverses words by rvnx on Monday February 03, 2020 @07:57AM (#22223703)
It was about "au jour d'aujourd'hui", where the correct the version could be "à ce jour" :)

meuf is indeed very much used but not very elegant. More gopnik/low-class style :)

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Re:Verlan: French slang that inverses words by potatoz2 on Sunday February 02, 2020 @02:38PM (#22218881)
"Au jour d'aujourd'hui" is used to emphasize the "up to now" quality, kind of like "as of now".

"Comme même" is just a spelling mistake. Kind of similar to "he is better then that".

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Re:Verlan: French slang that inverses words by progval on Sunday February 02, 2020 @07:39AM (#22216669)
It is not used in everyday language, but it's used by journalists and PR.
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