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jaffer

to eat (slang)

verb zhah-FEH Rare
Food & Drink

Usage Note

Jaffer is informal/slang for 'to eat', from the old argot noun jaffe ('food'). It is not Standard French and would be out of place in formal registers. The more standard slang equivalent is bouffer.

Examples

"On va jaffer après le match."

Natural Translation

We're going to eat after the game.

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