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timepiececlock) wrote2003-01-08 01:27 am
timepiececlock) wrote2003-01-08 01:27 am
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frelling uncool.
blasted ff.net cut out in the middle of a fic I was reading.
won't be up again till 3pm tomorrow, which really means 6 or 7pm.
damn. sleep time I suppose.
blasted ff.net cut out in the middle of a fic I was reading.
won't be up again till 3pm tomorrow, which really means 6 or 7pm.
damn. sleep time I suppose.
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Somewhat unrelated, but could I ust say how much I love you using the word Frelling!
I have this cunning plan that if we can just get a big enought proportion of the population saying it, then it can be entered into the Oxford English Dictionary, a fitting tribute to Farscape!
Re:
Yeah, I like it as words go. And tv fans get it. And geeky people (as I often assosicate myself with, cause I like them) almost always get it. Plus, it was really quite a clever euphemism for "fucking", as it allowed them to say it anytime they wanted in the script, because everyone KNEW--even the first time you heard it-- what it really translated too, and yet it didn't break any rules, as it was technicially an "alien" word.
One time I used it in front of my dad as a reflex swear-word, and then I felt *really* stupid/sheepish, but he didn't notice it, so he couldn't have teased me.
Like you though, I usually get a small moment of delight when I see someone else use it. There's than split-second, definitely feeling of being "in" that you can only get from other fans. Like "Aha! I get that!" only more subtle, like silent recognition of a fellow Farscape fan. And, also, it means more people watch it, which is good.
And "frelling" works well as an almost-swear word, so it can be easily inserted into normal conversation/dialogue without being as overt as, say, a Star Wars or Star Trek reference.