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Re:France threatens GrapheneOS with arrests / server seizure... by umanwizard on Monday November 24, 2025 @01:18PM (#46037180)
> scared them pas-de-merde

Huh?

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Re:France threatens GrapheneOS with arrests / server seizure... by AntonyGarand on Monday November 24, 2025 @01:28PM (#46037282)
French for "shitless"
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Re:France threatens GrapheneOS with arrests / server seizure... by d1sxeyes on Monday November 24, 2025 @01:36PM (#46037400)
I think it may be a tongue in cheek semi-literal translation from English, I’ve not come across this as idiomatic French before.
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Re:France threatens GrapheneOS with arrests / server seizure... by umanwizard on Monday November 24, 2025 @02:57PM (#46038479)
No it's not
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Re:France threatens GrapheneOS with arrests / server seizure... by chaboud on Monday November 24, 2025 @01:39PM (#46037437)
"without shit" translated...

"Scared them shitless" in faux franglais.

Probably something like this would be close to the same colloquial meaning (I'm not familiar with any pants-shitting slang in French): EncroChat leur a foutu les jetons de ouf.

(closer to "scared the hell out of them")

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Re:France threatens GrapheneOS with arrests / server seizure... by medoc on Monday November 24, 2025 @02:07PM (#46037838)
Ils en ont ch... dans leur culotte.
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