content: Chiac, given the mix of French and English. We speak it here in Atlantic Canada and Quebec. Tabarnac is a common curse word in most local French dialects. French Canada has/had strong Catholic roots, so a load of curses relate directly to things in the church. A Tabarnac, in English, is the Tabernacle in many Christian traditions - you know, where they store the Jesus juice and those awful little wafers.    I swear in French when I'm in traffic sometimes because the absurdity helps me work out the frustration pretty quickly. Someone cuts me off? Criss calisse de tabarnak! Espèce de putain! = Christ, chalice of the tabarnacle! You whore! and so on. Here I am, supposed to be working; and I'm teaching strangers on the internet how to swear in Canadian French. Le travaille? Je m'en calice.