turlupin

See also: Turlupin

French

Etymology

See turlupiner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tyʁ.ly.pɛ̃/

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Noun

turlupin m (plural turlupins)

1. a person who makes puns or bad jokes
   • 1958, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “Le Pornographe”:

     Aujourd’hui que mon gagne-pain / C’est de parler comme un turlupin

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• turlupinesque
• turlupinesquement

Related terms

• turlupiner

Further reading

• “turlupin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.