A small brass microphone wearing a tiny knitted beret with a deflated blue balloon draped beside it on a grey surface.

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Jason

She over-French pronounces French words.

— Friends with Kids · 2011

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker observes that a woman pronounces French words with far more Frenchness than the words require. It's a wry, mildly mocking observation of affectation, suggesting she performs sophistication rather than simply speaking. The coined "over-French" is what makes the complaint funny.

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