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"Pardon my French" or "Excuse my French" is a common English language phrase ostensibly disguising profanity as French. The phrase is uttered in an attempt to excuse the user of profanity or curses in the presence of those offended by it under the pretense of the words being part of a foreign language.

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The phrase refers to the assumption that french people are obscene or of "loose morals", so what you are essentially saying is:

What I am saying is inappropriate here, but in France it would be okay, excuse me for being as immoral as the French.

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