sentences: "".The term is now common parlance in French political commentary, used both critically and ironically referring back to de Gaulle.De Gaulle's use of obscure vernacular profanity in a major speech was initially mistranslated by "The Guardian" and the English press corps as "chien lit" - "dog bed", alluding to a chaotic, dishevelled, malodorous, flea pit, as in the English expression "a dog's breakfast".