Mot du jour: binoclard(e)

The other week I finished reading Balzac et la Petite Tailleuse chinoise by Dai Sijie. In the book there is a character nicknamed Le Binoclard, someone who suffers from une grave myopie (severe nearsightedness).

Definition: (informal term) bespectacled, someone who wears glasses, approximately equivalent to calling someone "four-eyes" in English.

Synonym: bésiclard

Le Binoclard possédait une valise secrète, qu'il dissimulait soigneusement.

-Four-Eyes had a secret suitcase that he carefully kept concealed.

The popular Japanese manga Case Closed (or Detective Conan) has inspired a parody in French called Détective Binoclard (Detective Four-Eyes). 

Check it out here: http://detective-binoclard.centerblog.net/