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le gaspi

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Definition: (informal) - waste

Chasse au gaspi ! - Down with waste! (slogan from the '90s which tried to convince people to stop wasting the earth's resources; now the slogan of French social security).

Gaspi is short for le gaspillage - waste.

Related: gaspiller - to waste; gaspilleur (adj) - wasteful, (noun) - waster, squanderer

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