le sigh

English edit

Used by Pepé Le Pew, stereotypically French skunk character in Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons; combination of French le (“the”) and English sigh.

(informal, humorous) A sigh of longing or disappointment.
- 2000, Austin Creations, “What if?”, in alt.crafts.professional (Usenet):
  I would also fly business class instead of in the cattle section.. *le sigh* I hate those small seats. Even though I lost weight, I swear the "economy" section of the plane has been getting smaller and smaller.
- 2014, Karen Templeton, Santa's Playbook, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 37:
  “Yeah, Scott. He is so frickin' cute. I could totally lick ice cream from those dimples. And those blue eyes… Le sigh.”