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99 months ago

Kate (a guest user) asked this question:

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99 months ago

   wrote:

Hopeless or useless work

99 months ago

   wrote:

It's mere doodle

99 months ago

   wrote:

gibberish or chicken scratch

My comment:

seem more idiomatic to me. Gibberish is more "nonsensical", chicken scratch refers more to the visual aspect.

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99 months ago

   wrote:

I don't think it means gibberish (charabia) but "scraboutcha" (which I've never heard of) must be the equivalent of gribouillage. So I agree on bertrand Delevaux's "doodle. The rest of the context proves that the narrator is criticizing a painting.

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99 months ago

Claude Le Frapper   wrote:

gibberish or chicken scratch

My comment:

seem more idiomatic to me. Gibberish is more "nonsensical", chicken scratch refers more to the visual aspect.

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99 months ago

martynback   wrote:

infantile scribbling / daubing

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99 months ago

martynback   wrote:

It's not about Cy Twombly is it?

99 months ago

Marie-Claire   wrote:

kindergarten level art or similar expression

My comment:

I found "craboutcha" only no "s" in it.
I thought it would complement the fact that a two year old could do better. (no offense to kids' art)

My references:

Peindre mal n'importe comment). ( Une grosse tache)http://dico-des-mots.com/definitions/craboutcha.html