Joual
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The dialect of working-class Quebecers. Canada, uncountable
"As inflammatory as what the joual ‘is’—a mixed, oral sociolect—is its function as a kind of self-image for Québécois. In Jean-Claude Germain's terms, joual ‘bears in its flesh the scars of life and history.’"
Example
More examples"As inflammatory as what the joual ‘is’—a mixed, oral sociolect—is its function as a kind of self-image for Québécois. In Jean-Claude Germain's terms, joual ‘bears in its flesh the scars of life and history.’"
Etymology
Borrowed from Canadian French joual.