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avoir la hess

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FORCE: Gen Z BrainrotUNIVERSE: French Internet CultureCLUSTER: french_youth_slang

French slang for being in a bad patch: broke, short of luck or in hardship. « La hess » names a difficult situation, close to « la galère » or « la misère », and « avoir la hess » says that someone is living through it.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Fin de mois, j'ai trop la hess."

LORE & ORIGIN

Wiktionnaire defines « hess » as a feminine slang noun for a difficult situation (crisis, hardship, bad luck), from the Arabic « حسد » (envy), with the borrowing date left unspecified. Its cited uses are the expression « C'est la hess » (France Bleu, 21 February 2018), a banner « À bas la hess ! » at the Paris May Day march of 1 May 2018, and Le Figaro, 10 November 2021. The exact form « avoir la hess » is not on the page.

FIRST SEEN

Unknown (earliest dated Wiktionnaire citations for « la hess »: 2018)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2018 to 2020s, French youth speech and social media

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Slang

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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Español es-ESno fixed local term →Français fr-FRavoir la hess →日本語 ja-JPno fixed local term →한국어 ko-KRno fixed local term →Português pt-BRno fixed local term →中文 zh-CNno fixed local term →

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CULTURE CATEGORY

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DOCUMENTED SINCE

Unknown (earliest dated Wiktionnaire citations for « la hess »: 2018)

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