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bagou

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French

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Etymology

According to the Trésor de la langue française informatisé, ba from bavarder and gou from Old French gole (modern French gueule).

Pronunciation

Noun

bagou m (plural bagous)

  1. glibness, volubility, gift of the gab
    Synonym: tchatche
    • 1973 May 14, Jean-Louis Bory, “Romance d'un jeune homme pauvre”, in Le Nouvel Observateur, →ISSN, page 79:
      Mais, justement, c'est fini, il ne s'y passe rien [St-Germain-des-Prés] — d'où chez Alexandre, conquérant de rien, ce bagou compensatoire.
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  2. sales pitch

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