Grosse peine de cœur après une rupture ou un amour à sens unique, souvent racontée avec autodérision.
The pain of a breakup, unrequited love, or romantic disappointment, often discussed with self-deprecating humor.
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Je suis en goumin depuis dimanche. — I've been in goumin since Sunday.
Trois chansons tristes et le goumin est revenu. — Three sad songs and the goumin was back.
Il poste des stories à trois heures du matin : goumin total. — He posts stories at 3 a.m. — full goumin.
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Download the app for free French vocabulary testThe word comes from nouchi, the urban slang of Côte d'Ivoire, and in French it names romantic pain specifically rather than sadness in general.
People mostly say it about themselves, with a smirk: «je suis en goumin» — I'm heartbroken, and yes, I know how it looks. Hence the whole meme genre around it: the playlist, the 3 a.m. stories, the message you shouldn't send.
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