Texting

ptdr

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Meaning

pété de rire

One notch above mdr: you laugh until you are « pété », that is broken. The word is informal, and the spelling lives only in messages.

How it is said

pété de rire

Gender and article

no article

Where you meet it

A text, a group chat, a comment.

Example

ptdr il a raté le bus en courant avec son café

rofl he missed the bus running with his coffee

In the DELF

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Watch out

Even more informal than mdr. For close friends only: « pété » is not a word you say to your employer.

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