Beauf [pronounced /bof/] is a French term describing a man perceived as vulgar, unintelligent, arrogant, uncaring, misogynist and chauvinistic, without any taste for etiquette or good manners. A "beauf" will typically be prompt to jump to conclusions and have strong views on complex social issues, based on an insufficient analysis of the facts, but presented as being plain common sense.
French cartoonist Cabu was responsible for popularising the term, which is an abbreviation of "beau-frère" (brother-in-law) by creating a cartoon character of that name in Charlie Hebdo in the late 1960s. Singer Renaud also released a song titled "Mon Beauf" in 1981. Cabu updated the character later in Le Canard Enchainé under the title "Les nouveaux beaufs". The new version is a more urban and trendy version, with a ponytail instead of a bushy moustache. Nouveaux beaufs drive four-by-fours/SUVs, and are fans of plastic surgery.
Another canonical representation of the word beauf can be found in Renaud's songs (see Mon Beauf). The canonical 1970s beauf by Cabu wore a moustache, but the newer versions wear a "cool" ponytail. Another classical example is the cliché army non-commissioned officer: uneducated, vulgar, brutal, and nostalgic about the colonial wars.
All you people who're living on the same kind
You got so deaf you got so blind
It seems like nothing could make you change your way
Same songs same shoes same old shit
You tell your child 'Hey dude life is hard
If you don't work you shut your mouth'
Then you work all year like a dumb
There's nothing you can stand at least
Then on holiday at beach
You grab your own piece of sand
Build walls all around you
Put in everything you can
Plastic fashion plastic smile
There's nothing else when I dig behind
Sometimes I'd like to pull it down
Sometimes I'd like to pull it down and run away
When there's nothing there to make my day
Tell me who taught you this stereotype scheme of life
Why do they all follow like sheep
Why don't you realize that it's a sign of times
There's one planet and place for everyone
There is some place for everyone
This place is for everyone
There's another way for you my friends and I
Before the sky falls down on our heads
We just want to show we can make it different