What does “Six boulots” mean?

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While in a conversation with my mates, I came across some expression with “six boulots”. I was pretty sure that they were not talking about six jobs and just like my previous queries I am well above 90% that I heard it right. I couldn't interpret the whole sentence but it was like having “six boulots” or something similar!

This is one of the many instances I come across, words like these either I completely forget it or sometimes google has an answer and the rest are in the FSE database :-) .

On the TLFi website, you can look up words by pronunciation. This is the same dictionary (the *Trésor de la langue française) as www.cnrtl.fr/definition/ , with opaque URLs but with this extra search capability. — Gilles 'SO nous est hostile', Sep 28 '12 at 17:57

score 18 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 28 '12 at 13:04

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You've heard ciboulot, which originally is the name of a small onion. It's sometimes used figuratively for “head” or “brain” in popular language.

answered Sep 28 '12 at 13:04

Stéphane Gimenez

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I concur. "Six boulots" doesn't mean anything particular, "ciboulot" is the most plausible hypothesis. – Eusebius Sep 30 '12 at 12:47
Yes , I am now sure that it was ciboulot taking the context into consideration .The subject in reality was a dude who finished his coding part within a few days from the project conception while others were yet to get a grip on the details ! Thanks – Gil Oct 01 '12 at 10:31

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 11 '14 at 20:30

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Au Québec, ciboulot est utilisé en tant que juron comme dans la phrase: "Il a été rapide en ciboulot" signifiant: il a été vraiment très rapide.

answered Dec 11 '14 at 20:30

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score -2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 02 '12 at 05:38

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Six boulots could be six escargots. There is a type of snails that it called boulot. In the U.S sometimes we see it sold in fancy seafoods market and it comes from Canada.

answered Dec 02 '12 at 05:38

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You mean "bulots", right? It's not the same sound. – Stéphane Gimenez Dec 02 '12 at 13:42

What does “Six boulots” mean?

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