I have noticed that here in the US it is OK to say *freakin'* or *friggin'* as I have heard it used on TV. On second thought, that doesn't really mean it's OK...
TV script writers are always trying to come up with substitutes for swear words. Notable instances are "frak" in Battlestar Gallactica and "frell" in Farscape, the former being far more effective as it was so clearly being used in place of "fuck."
On a related note, it always amuses me when people regard "pee" as an offensive word, when that was coined as an innocuous substitute for "piss."
I don't think "frigging" has much of a meaning in the US; heck, it's not widely used as a swear word in the UK (well, not where I grew up).
I have often been surprised at the rise in common usage of the word "feck", when the longstanding use of the adjective "feckless" means something so entirely removed and indifferent to the newly coined meaning of its Scottish root.
From the Middle English for 'wriggle' or the Old French for 'rub', 'frig' is sometimes used as a euphemism for 'Fuck', at other times used to mean 'masturbate'; usually only seen as a gerundive (or verbal adjective) 'frigging'. The Sex Pistols did a version of The Good Ship Venus with the chorus 'Frigging in the rigging 'cos there's fuck all else to do'.
I have noticed that here in the US it is OK to say *freakin'* or *friggin'* as I have heard it used on TV.
ReplyDeleteOn second thought, that doesn't really mean it's OK...
TV script writers are always trying to come up with substitutes for swear words. Notable instances are "frak" in Battlestar Gallactica and "frell" in Farscape, the former being far more effective as it was so clearly being used in place of "fuck."
ReplyDeleteOn a related note, it always amuses me when people regard "pee" as an offensive word, when that was coined as an innocuous substitute for "piss."
I don't think "frigging" has much of a meaning in the US; heck, it's not widely used as a swear word in the UK (well, not where I grew up).
of course friggin has a meaning frigging
ReplyDelete..In the rigging...
ReplyDeleteI have often been surprised at the rise in common usage of the word "feck", when the longstanding use of the adjective "feckless" means something so entirely removed and indifferent to the newly coined meaning of its Scottish root.
ReplyDeleteUnlike freckles.
ReplyDeleteGrin;)
Frigging "A word used by cowards who are too afraid to say "fucking""
ReplyDeleteFrig!
No, in the US it is not a rude word. In the UK, it is, and actually means fucking, rather than just a euphemism for it.
ReplyDeleteBullpuckey, Peter.
ReplyDeleteBullpuckey, Peter.
ReplyDeleteDid I hear "Mudsucker" on the A-Team?
ReplyDeleteFecund/Fecundity
ReplyDeleteSo, um, if it's so pejorative, how come you can say it on TV?
ReplyDeleteThe seven words you can't say on television, George Carlin's infamous riff.
ReplyDeleteI've always understood 'frig', 'frigging' to mean to masturbate, masturbation, not coitus
ReplyDeleteCoitus!!
I thought it meant "rub" (assumed to be close to latin)
ReplyDeleteThat's Frottage.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=frottage
Why then, would one masturbate in the ropework of a sailing ship?
ReplyDeleteAs if.
Nope. It means masturbation - female masturbation at that.
ReplyDeleteFrom the Middle English for 'wriggle' or the Old French for 'rub', 'frig' is sometimes used as a euphemism for 'Fuck', at other times used to mean 'masturbate'; usually only seen as a gerundive (or verbal adjective) 'frigging'. The Sex Pistols did a version of The Good Ship Venus with the chorus 'Frigging in the rigging 'cos there's fuck all else to do'.
ReplyDeleteOh-Probably NSFW-you Friggers.