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sac au lait
What does sac au lait mean?
An old Cajun exclamation along the lines of 'oh man!' or 'good grief!' — literally 'sack of milk' in French, but functionally it's just a surprised noise, like 'mais, sac au lait!' when something stuns you. Pronounced roughly 'sock-ah-LAY'. Heard mostly out in Acadiana now rather than the city, but it floats into the NOLA glossary too.
"Sac au lait, you should've seen the redfish she pulled in — bigger than her arm."
Frequently asked questions
What does Sac au lait mean?
It's a Cajun exclamation of surprise, and it's also the local word for crappie, the fish.
How do you use Sac au lait in a sentence?
"Sac au lait! I didn't see you standing there." Or: "We caught a mess of sac au lait off the dock."
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