French word of the week: Surmulot

#PARISFOMO and other stories from France

So I will say, the French word of the week was dictionary-worthy me as well, and indeed for many local Parisians. Trending all over French twitter this week is the head-scratching hashtag #surmulot. A quick search in google to find out that it is apparently “a species of brown rat”.

It all started a few days ago, at the Conseil de Paris where the mayor o…