At 01:26 PM 4/3/2002 -0600, you wrote: > > From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > In college, I had a friend who used the word "frak", which > > if you recall, > > > was the "f" equivalent from "Battlestar Galactica". (This > > was in 1986 or > > > so.) We all politely looked the other way whenever he did > > it so he couldn't > > > see us smiling and/or grimacing... > > > > I didn't know that's what it was. I picked it up from my husband, who > > might use it partly because it doesn't sound like any of the words his > > mother would object to. :) I was using it more as a > > substitute for the > > "s" word (at least in the exclamitory way; if I'm talking about actual > > excrement, I use the "s" word without apology, mostly in the case of > > talking about what is excreted by a dog or human, and not so > > much by any > > other animal); I guess that was the wrong usage. Sigh. > > >Actually, it could be something like that. If I weren't reading this >offline right now, I'd try to do a quick search and would probably come up >with the exact meaning. But I can't. Oh well... > >IIRC, another one was "feldercarb". Or was that from Mork and Mindy? > > - John H
Yeah, it was from Battlestar Galatica. john (who is weirded out that he can remember that after so many years)
