This is a guide to the most common expletives, euphemisms, and obscenities in the French language. It is designed to help readers to: avoid embarrassment; fully appreciate French conversation and entertainment; and survive on the streets of the French-speaking world. Chapters cover euphemisms, insults (both vulgar and non-vulgar), various uses for popular obscenities, unintentional obscenities, vulgar gestures, and criminal slang. Each lesson includes a dialogue demonstrating usage of the words to be covered in the lesson, a vocabulary section defining the words and offering synonyms and antonyms, and a practice section that includes word games, crossword puzzles, and self-tests.