What Does This Mean?
French expression whose standard sense is a person or situation needing social assistance. As slang it is derogatory: a troubled person on the margins, or someone seen as unable to fit into social relationships. Calling someone a « cas social » is an insult.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"Ne le traite pas de cas social, c'est blessant."
LORE & ORIGIN
Wiktionnaire builds it from « cas » and « social » and lists four senses: a serious social situation, a person in such a situation, a derogatory sense (a troubled person, often marginal) and a familiar sense (someone who struggles socially). Dated uses include 1972 (a technical sense), Dimitri Lang's Le poids des choses (2000) and the Journal officiel of 5 May 1998. The abbreviations « cas soc » and « cas soc' » are listed as familiar synonyms.
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