fark

== English == === Etymology 1 === From fuck. ==== Pronunciation ==== (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /fɐːk/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k ==== Interjection ==== fark (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar) Pronunciation spelling of fuck, used to express surprise, etc.. ===== Usage notes ===== In Australia and New Zealand, fark is only very slightly less offensive than fuck itself. The only difference in pronunciation between fark and fuck is in vowel length; fuck is pronounced /fɐk/. === Etymology 2 === From the name of the popular website Fark, because when it links to a small website from its main page, the small site is often subjected to so much new traffic that it is rendered inoperable due to server failure. ==== Verb ==== fark (third-person singular simple present farks, present participle farking, simple past and past participle farked) (Internet, transitive, US) To subject a website to a high volume of requests, such that the server stops responding. ==== See also ==== Slashdot effect === Anagrams === frak == Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فرق, from Arabic فَرْق (farq). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /faɾk/ Hyphenation: fark === Noun === fark (definite accusative farkı, plural farklar) difference ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ====