Imbiber (popular), s’—— le jabot, to drink, “to wet one’s whistle.”
Immobilité, f. (painters’), mercenaire de l’——, model who makes a living by sitting to painters.
Impair, m. (familiar), faire un ——, to make a blunder, “to put one’s foot in it.” (Thieves’) Impair! look out! ——, acré nous v’là noblés, look out, be on your guard, we are recognized.
Impératrice, f., for impériale, top of bus.
Impère (popular), abbreviation of impériale, or top of bus.
Impériale, f. (general), tuft of hair on the chin. Formerly termed “royale.” The word has passed into the language.
Importance (general), d’——, strongly, vigorously. J’te vas le moucher d’——, I’ll let him know a piece of my mind; I’ll snub him.
Impôt, m. (thieves’), autumn.
[Impressionisme], m. (familiar), school of artists who paint nature according to the personal impression they receive. Some carry the process too far, perhaps, for if their retina conveys to them an impression that a horse, for instance, is indigo or ultramarine, they will reproduce the image in Oxford or Cambridge blue on the canvas. Needless to say, the result is sometimes startling.