French word of the Day: Roissy

Why do I need to know Roissy?
Because you want to be sure that you're going to the right airport.
What does it mean?
Roissy - pronounced roughly as whaa-see - is the name of a suburb to the north of Paris. But its more common use is as shorthand for the city's Charles de Gaulle airport.
The airport's official name is Paris-Charles-De-Gaulle with the IATA airport code of CDG.
Among anglophones it is routinely referred to as Charles de Gaulle, however French people, especially Parisians, tend to use Roissy as the shorthand way to refer to the airport - named after the suburb where it is situated.
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It's commonly referred to as Roissy in newspaper headlines, and French people will also often say 'Roissy' when they mean the airport.
This can cause some confusion if you have asked someone to meet you at Charles de Gaulle and they message to say they are "5 minutes away from Roissy". But don't panic, it's the same place.
Even the official airport website refers to it as Aéroport Paris Charles de Gaulle (Roissy CDG).
Use it like this
Les aéroports de Roissy et Orly bloqués par des taxis
- Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports blockaded by taxis
Tempête Caetano : vols retardés à Roissy, perturbations sur les lignes TGV Ouest, bouchons sur les autoroutes
- Storm Caetano: Flights delayed at Charles de Gaulle, disruption on the TGV lines in western France, traffic jams on the motorways
Je te retrouve à Roissy à 19h
- I'll meet you at Charles de Gaulle at 7pm

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