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Не так давно я встретил новое для себя слово амикошонство.
Словарь его определяет так:
Чрезмерная фамильярность, бесцеремонность в обращении под видом дружеского.
Мне это определение очень напомнило другое более распространенное слово: панибратство.
Его словари определяют так:
Непочтительное, фамильярное обращение с тем, кто требует уважительного отношения, со старшим.
В чем между ними оттеночная разница?
Панибратство is a borrowing from Polish panie bracie, meaning "Mr. brother".
Амикошонство is a borrowing from French ami cochon which is a contraction of amis comme cochons ("friends like pigs"). This means "friends so close that they can deny social norms in communication between them (and behave like pigs)".
Semantically, the two mean the same: undesired familiarity. However, the former is widely used, while the latter is perceived as a high-style, inkhorn word.
Basing on the quoted definitions alone, one could say амикошонство is when you're supposed to act like a friend to a person, but are abusing this right of yours (e.g. abusing your classmates while passing this off as friendly jokes), whereas панибратство is when you're not even supposed to appear like an equal to a person (e.g. you're greeting your teacher in a way you would greet your peer).
The above is a pure speculation of mine.
(For you non-native speakers: you will never hear амикошонство from anyone in Russia, unless you're being told a joke.)
