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sionnach commented on the word rire jaune
to laugh insincerely
(literally, to give a yellow laugh; as in other cultures, yellow is not a positive color in French, but "un jaune" means a traitor, not a coward. In traditional medieval iconography, yellow is the color of Judas)
June 19, 2009