Canada· medium· informal
boss des bécosses
“boss of the outhouses (bécosses, from English 'backhouse')”
Meaning
A petty tyrant who bosses others around
Explanation
Someone who lords it over everyone as though they ran something important, when their patch of authority is tiny and distinctly unglamorous.
Example
Le nouveau surveillant joue au boss des bécosses depuis qu'il a les clés de l'entrepôt.
The new supervisor's been acting like a petty tyrant ever since he got the keys to the warehouse.
Origin
'Bécosse' is a Quebec francization of the English 'backhouse', meaning an outdoor privy. So the literal image is 'boss of the toilets', someone self-important over the smallest and least glamorous patch of territory.
Where
Quebec
Source
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