I just said in conversation:
Tu as salement morflé sur ce coup-là, dis donc.
... but I wonder how the following two compare?
Tu as méchamment morflé sur ce coup-là, dis donc.
Tu as sacrément morflé sur ce coup-là, dis donc.
asked Nov 24, 2017 at 12:28
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Salement and méchamment are synonymous here and belonging to the same familiar register while sacrément is more formal and less used nowadays, just like dis donc too.
A trend in colloquial French is to use this form:
T'as morflé grave sur ç'coup là, (<expletive>) !
Note that this might only apply to France.
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I usually use "grave" with "déchirer grave", but is there an age limit for this particular usage of "grave"? Commented Nov 24, 2017 at 12:52
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1Not particular limit, the expression is becoming mainstream. Younger people start saying T'as grave morflé instead.– jlliagreCommented Nov 24, 2017 at 13:22
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My own private corpus of teenagers also uses grave alone as a positive answer, like "et comment !" or "à fond!". Ex: "C'était bien, ta soirée ? - Grave ! "– GregCommented Nov 24, 2017 at 13:45
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I think it would sound out of place if used by an elderly person. Otherwise it's fine, provided you keep it to an informal context. =) Commented Nov 24, 2017 at 20:54