Piste them small and family-oriented, so comparisons between slope classifications in Japan and "equivalent" slopes in Europe or North America are minimal. Piste A piste () is a marked ski run or path down a mountain for snow skiing, snowboarding, or other mountain sports. This European term is French ("trail", "track") and synonymous with 'trail', 'slope', or 'groomed run' in North America. The word is pronounced using a long "e" sound (e.g. rhymes with "beast"). Increasingly, North Americans employ its common European antonym, 'off piste', to describe backcountry skiing, especially when referring to skiing outside officially approved areas of a ski
Quebec French profanity "a lot of food", similar to English constructs such as "fuck-ton" or "shitload". "Sacres" are often used as verbs, too. For example, "câlisser une volée" means "to beat the fuck out of" or, more literally, "to give a beating" where "câlisser" is used as a stronger form of "to give" ("donner" in French). There are constructions like "détabarnaker" or "décrisser" which means to leave or to destroy, using the "dé" prefix, which is about separation. Others include, "s'en câlicer" or "s'en crisser" ("not give a damn"), "sacrer son camp" ("run away", literally "consecrate the camp while leaving it"), and "décâlisser".