Pastis : noun Le pastis is a alcoholic drink withanise, which is consumed elongate with water (often referred to by brand names).
Boredom, inconvenience; tangled situation.
What a pastis!
Wooden pastis: adulterated pastis.
Check pastaga.
– Quote from the French writer Jacky Schwartzmann in his novel Shit published by Editions du Seuil in 2023: “Car Claude picole. I suspect him of freezing pure pastis in his ice cube tray and then sucking them and completely calling into question the famous sentence “That one, he must not only suck ice”.