fark

== English == === Etymology 1 === An alteration of fuck, using a non‐rhotic ⟨ar⟩ to signify an elongated /ɐ/ or /ʌ/. The spelling has been used in works by Australian satirists since at least 1970. ==== Pronunciation ==== (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /fɐːk/ (UK, General South African) IPA(key): /fɑːk/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /fɑɹk/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k ==== Interjection ==== fark (UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, vulgar) Pronunciation spelling of fuck, used to express surprise, anger, or emphasis. ===== Usage notes ===== In non‐rhotic dialects, the spelling fark serves as a “visual elongation” of the word fuck. In Australia and New Zealand specifically, the strut and start vowels are qualitatively identical (/ɐ/), meaning fark is phonetically a long‐vowel version of the original term (/fɐːk/). This phonetic identity gives the form significant cultural weight as a high‐intensity intensifier. In rhotic dialects (such as General American), however, the ⟨r⟩ is fully articulated (/fɑɹk/). Because this alters the phonetic shape of the word, it functions in those dialects as a true minced oath rather than an intensifier. (For expressive elongation in rhotic dialects, graphemic repetition is typically used instead, as in fuuuck.) ===== Derived terms ===== farken ==== See also ==== fuuuck ==== References ==== === 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 == Hungarian == === Etymology === From far +‎ -k (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfɒrk] Rhymes: -ɒrk Hyphenation: fark === Noun === fark (plural farkak) alternative form of farok ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === fark in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. fark in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026). == 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 ====