To frak or not to frak that’s the question. Perhaps an even better question would be “Why the Frak not?”
Thanks to the success of recent SciFi blockbuster TV series like the Battlestar Galactica reboot and it’s short live Caprica spin off wonderful new vernacular nuggets have managed to perpetrate or vocabulary. Of these new terms FRAK is the most colorful and useful.
It is the most useful in that it can be used in place of the more derogatory FUCK without most of the latter terms sexual connotations. Just like the more offensive term it can also be used as every word in a sentence, but probably shouldn’t be. Obviously some of our older and more conservatively sensitive readers will still take exception to this new fangled term.
Perhaps you’ve noticed this site’s particular adoption of the word in it’s title. Yes the ‘F’ in jafdip is for frakkin which you should not does not have ‘g’ on the end. English formalities be damned.
So many of you readers are at the point of wondering what Frak does Frak actually mean? It is all a matter of context. I think Frak is best learned by example so here are a few.
1. What the frak = what the he’ll
2. Frakked up = messed up
3. Frak You = go to hell
4. Go Frak yourself = similar to #3
5. Frakkin unbelievable = beyond all comprehension
As you can see frak has become a useful tool to express certain phrases with the appropriate level of meaning all without the negative baggage of it’s less socially acceptable counterpart. Therefore I challenge you to come up with some more examples of frak in action and post them in the comment stream.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mikel King has been a leader in the Information Technology Services field for over 20 years. He is currently the CEO of Olivent Technologies, a professional creative services partnership in NY. Additionally he is currently serving as the Secretary of the BSD Certification group as well as a Senior Editor for the BSD News Network.
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