What Does This Mean?

bon plan de fou

[ SLANG ][ MULTILINGUAL NATIVE ]

FORCE: Gen Z BrainrotUNIVERSE: French Internet CultureCLUSTER: french_youth_slang

French informal expression for a very good tip or deal: « bon plan » (a good deal, a useful tip) with the intensifier « de fou », which means « really » or « a lot ». It is used when sharing promo codes, bargains, cheap trips or handy finds, and the verlan variant « de ouf » gives « bon plan de ouf ».

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Les billets de train à 10 euros, c'est un bon plan de fou !"

LORE & ORIGIN

Wiktionnaire defines « de fou » as an informal adjectival locution meaning « really, very much », built from « de » and « fou », with the verlan variant « de ouf » and synonyms « de dingue » and « de malade », and it cites a 2020 tweet using it. The pairing with « bon plan » follows from that intensifier; no dated source found yet for « bon plan de fou » as a fixed phrase.

FIRST SEEN

Unknown (« de fou » is cited on Wiktionnaire from a 2020 tweet; the full phrase has no dated source yet)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2020s, French social media

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Slang

Related To:banger de fou bg de fou

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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Español es-ESno fixed local term →Français fr-FRbon plan de fou →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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+1 AURA

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