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Cut to Sylvie, who gets off the phone and informs Luc and Julien that as a result of her divorcing Laurent, who is deeply in debt, the bankruptcy court is coming for all of his assets, which includes her assets, which means Agence Grateau is in deep merde.—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025
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Etymology
French, from Old French, from Latin merda; perhaps akin to Lithuanian smirdėti to stink