Which two-word French phrase, used in English to mean a controversial issue, literally translates as 'famous case'?
Cause célèbre Cause célèbre A cause célèbre (, , , "famous case"; plural causes célèbres, pronounced like singular) is an issue or incident arousing widespread controversy, outside campaigning, and heated public debate. The term continues in the media in all senses. It is sometimes used positively for celebrated legal cases for their precedent value (each locus classicus or "case-in-point") and more often negatively for infamous ones, whether for scale, outrage, scandal or conspiracy theories. The term is a French phrase in common usage in English. Since it has been fully adopted into English and is included unitalicized in English dictionaries, it is
Spanish profanity term for a homosexual man i.e. "gay whore". It is, however, considered less offensive when used as an adjective, in which case it is equal to the English "fucking," similar to the Mexican word "pinche"; for example, "dame las putas llaves" ("give me the fucking keys") or "es un puto idiota" (he's a fucking idiot). In addition, the phrase, "hijo de puta", literally meaning "son of a whore", (which translates to "son of a bitch" in English) can often mean "motherfucker". The verb "joder/joderse" means "to fuck," and follows the same rules as its English equivalent: "to fuck somebody" e.g.