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Curious Reader Posted 4 years ago
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Meaning of "Victor Francois Chiller. The initials made me want to laugh."?

Hello everyone. I am reading a novel, and I came across this expression. Could you please let me know its meaning?


Victor, dapper blue suit and starched white shirt, French cuffs, couldn’t be happier with the project. Next year’s Christmas coffee-table sensation, he explained, trying to make light of the project. But he was clearly pleased with himself. Even the gleaming white shirt and wide-open sans cravate louque was going to be the subject of ridicule once we were alone together, to say nothing of his name in bold letters on the cover: Victor Francois Chiller. The initials made me want to laugh.


- André Aciman, Eight White Nights, Sixth Night

This is a novel published in the United States of America in 2010. This novel is narrated by the nameless male protagonist who meets Clara at a Christmas party in Manhattan. The protagonist goes to a bar with Clara and meets her friend Victor.


In this part, I wonder what the underlined expression means.

The initials of his name would be "VFC", but when I googled, there are so many words that VFC stands for (such as "Vaccines for Children"), so I am not sure what that means, especially because he wanted to laugh at the initials.


Thank you very much for your help.

  

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Curious Reader I am reading a novel, and I came across this expression. Could you please let me know its meaning? Whatever its meaning, it is extremely obscure.

  • Curious Reader I am reading a novel, and I came across this expression.
  • Could you please let me know its meaning?
  • Whatever its meaning, it is extremely obscure.
  • Even earlier in the text you have the French word "louque", which can't be found in any French dictionary I've tried, though with a slightly different spelling it seems to be a vulgar word for a chaotic situation.
  • There are too many possible meanings of VFC to say with any certainty which was intended.
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Curious ReaderI am reading a novel, and I came across this expression. Could you please let me know its meaning?

Whatever its meaning, it is extremely obscure. Even earlier in the text you have the French word "louque", which can't be found in any French dictionary I've tried, though with a slightly different spelling it seems to be a vulgar word for a cha

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