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[wise star]

It's slangy, it means gros contre son camp ça le sang

Contre son camp is initially a sports word indicating that a player scored an own goal; it's used here to say that what's been said backfired on the person who speaked

Sang is used to speak about a friend, someone you trust; compare bro, khey, etc.

The entire sentence is slangy, and it's all the more colloquial with such abbreviations :)

[half rose]

So what does this mean?

Can u like translate to English the full word with simple words?

[wise star]

Honestly I can't come up with a translation (maybe a native English speaker will have an idea!), it's too slangy and doesn't mean much without context

Just remember that it means that what said the person he's talking to backfired on him (so he must have said something ridiculous or contradicting his previous actions), but that it's said in a friendly manner

[half rose]

a girl said "il est trop chou"

and i said "comme toi"

and she said that

what does it mean

[wise star]

Oh

It's a slangy way of saying that you're cute as well

[half rose]

oh 💀

i thought it was some bad thing abt me

how tho it doesnt make any sense

[wise star]

Next time please provide the full context first, especially with slang, it'll help avoiding useless long explanations haha

[half rose]

alr

can u explain like every word she said in english?

[wise star]

Well, 'il est trop chou' means like 'he's so cute'

[wise star]

It's really slangy... it means that you've said something that applied equally to you, in this case

[half rose]

oh its like saying you too?

[wise star]

If X says : 'Il devrait faire plus de sport !' (He should do more sport) and another answers : 'Gros csc', it means that X should also do more sport

[half rose]

yes but how does that make sense tho it doesnt mean anything

[wise star]

Kind of, yes, but not always

It's more aggressive sometimes

And really slangy

[half rose]

what about, so a girl told me like she hates a sport and she's embarrassed and stuff i said "tant mieux ta quitter", does this make sense?

@wise star

[wise star]

I've seen your message, no need to ping

It's not proper French

[half rose]

ah damn

[wise star]

You could say 'Tu as bien fait d'arrêter', 'Heureusement que tu as arrêté', etc.

[half rose]

but its not that bad right?

[wise star]

(If she stopped doing that sport already, of course)

[half rose]

yea

is tant mieux ta quitter like bad?

[wise star]

It's clearly not correct but she'll get the idea

[half rose]

alr

@wise star can u help me again?

so I said tfq and she said she’s drawing how do I say “can I see if you don’t mind” in a French texting way

[wise star]

'Oh, est-ce que je peux regarder ?' (more colloquial : 'Oh, j'peux voir ?'); something like that

[half rose]

Can’t I just say “montre”?

[wise star]

It's quite direct ('Show me'), I don't know the relationship you have with her

But yes if you're close enough, or don't really weigh your words, it's a possible response