interjection Street Slang

Sac au lait

· interjection · nola

Cajun exclamation of surprise — and also the local word for crappie.

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Definitions

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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.”
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Also the Cajun name for crappie, the freshwater panfish (aka white perch). Story is the silvery fish looks like a sack of milk being hauled through the water — though etymologists trace it back to Choctaw 'sakli' (trout), folk-reshaped into French. On any Louisiana menu or bait shop sign, 'sac-a-lait' means the fish.

“We caught a cooler of sac-a-lait off the Atchafalaya — fried 'em up with hush puppies that night.”
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Sac au lait In A Sentence

Sac au lait, you should've seen the redfish she pulled in — bigger than her arm.
We caught a cooler of sac-a-lait off the Atchafalaya — fried 'em up with hush puppies that night.

Origin & Usage

Variants soc au laitsac-a-laitsac-au-lait
Tags #nola#cajun#louisiana#french#urban-lingo

People Also Ask

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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