gabrielesvelto,
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Question for my francophone friends, what's the correct French equivalent of enshittification: merdification or enmerdement? Also, does the government have an official position on the word yet?

nlovsund,
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@gabrielesvelto Out of those two, "merdification" is better, the other one already being a thing meaning being bothered / being bored.

I have the feeling there's a better word but I can't come up with it right now.

jjjacq,

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I'd say merdification is the better term. Emmerdement is already taken and asssigned. That's if you're willing to listen to an Aussie qho speaks French 🤣

gabrielesvelto,
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@jjjacq I'm an Italian francophone myself, so we're equals 😉

evv42,

@gabrielesvelto "enmerdification" would be the equivalent i would use i guess, never heard anyone use that term in french though

gabrielesvelto,
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@evv42 it seems that the general consensus is for "merdification". All the stuff starting with en- is apparently too close to the concept of enmerder / s'enmerder (annoying / being annoyed)

johne,
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@gabrielesvelto Je pense que enmerdement, but that's just a guess.

hywan,
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@gabrielesvelto Merdification 👌

sgued,
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@gabrielesvelto emmerdement is already a generic term that refers to annoyance in general. Merdification is more clearly a new word that actually has a the direct signinfication that something is getting shitty

gabrielesvelto,
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@sgued I was familiar with the concept of emmerder but I wasn't really aware that people also used emmerdement directly

sgued,
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@gabrielesvelto emmerdement is rare since emmerde would have the same meaning, but it exists in the dictionary

gabrielesvelto,
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@sgued I love this 😂

hywan,
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@gabrielesvelto @sgued Emmerdement is something that creates/leads to an emmerde.

fabrice,
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@gabrielesvelto merdification sans hésiter

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