h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Translation: he's seriously getting on my nerves.

Can also be used of bothersome things you don't like doing : "ça me gonfle toute cette paperasse" (this red tape is making me crazy).

For advanced students a complex clause, combining two entries : "ça me gonfle toute cette paperasse à la con" (this bloody stupid red tape is making me crazy)

Warning signals: "tu commences à me gonfler" (I'm getting sick and tired of all your nonsense) might lead to a serious falling-out.

The fact that most entries are devoted to expressing negative feelings should not be interpreted in any way, it's just the way the cookie crumbles.

Martine,

This one I am definately going to try to master as I think it will be very useful when the sockpuppets are being annoying in ML. Might have to be some adaption to get through modding though - "me gonfle" would do it I think.

Being good on the NOMS front today,

Regards , Polly

You've got great taste... Authentic, if vulgar, pithy, and quite devoid of obscene undertones. To tell the truth Polly, ML is a great source of inspiration...

So what shall we say : this is pumping me up? This is swelling me?

Martine, I expect that the modern idiom would be "this is floating my boat" but I would much prefer " my balloon's on the ceiling "

Polly

Martine, is this more brutally frank than "tu me casse le pied"? or is the latter out-moded?

petal jam

It's newish, younger slang, less genteel than "casser les pieds".