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tapeur
🇨🇮 French slang from West Africa
What does “tapeur” mean?
moocher, always borrowing money
Example
“Ne réponds pas, c’est le tapeur.”
Don't answer, it's the moocher.
Good to know
"Taper quelqu’un" is to borrow money off him.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
🙄 Teasing💸 Money
The textbook way to say it: emprunteur
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- bluffeurshow-off
- gros coubig shot, stuck-up
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