Every day The Local publishes a French word or phrase of the day ... Chokbar – Keep up with your fellow young people by making use of this word to describe, in a fashionably 21st-century ...

If you’re French ... words from others. Pizza, karaoke, vuvuzela, parka, gateau, schadenfreude, they have all played their part in bringing a little je ne sais quoi into our everyday speech.