Frakkin' A - "Frak" seeps into mainstream language

[NewJeffCT]

"What the frak? 'Battlestar Galactica' faux curse seeping into language "

NEW YORK - Lee Goldberg thinks Glen A. Larson is a genius, and not because the prolific television writer and producer gave us "Knight Rider" and "B.J. and the Bear."

It was Larson who first used the faux curse word "frak" in the original "Battlestar Galactica." The word was mostly overlooked back in the '70s series but is working its way into popular vocabulary as SciFi's modern update winds down production.

"All joking aside, say what you will about what you might call the lowbrow nature of many of his shows, he did something truly amazing and subversive, up there with what Steven Bochco gets credit for, with frak," Goldberg said.

There's no question what the word stands for and it's used gleefully, as many as 20 times in some episodes.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080902/entertainment/tv_what_the_frak

[DS1]

1. I hate that word

I wish they'd just have the spine to use fuck, and put it on after 10 pm. Or, since it's cable, just say "Frak" err "Fuck you FCC" and use fuck.

[MrCoffee]

2. Anyone who uses "frak" without reading it from a script is a tool

And the actors on BG should really get together and protest the fuck out of the word "frak" because it makes them all sound like fuckin' idiots.

[Connonym]

3. I'm a total tool

and a BSG dork and also Starbuck's bitch.

[LanternWaste]

5. Same with "diss"...

"Anyone who uses "frak" without reading it from a script is a tool"

Same with "diss", "s/he 'texted' me", and anyone who drinks coffee with anything other than coffee and water in it. Idiots-- all of them.

[kentauros]

10. So much for those of us that love Cafe Sura Da (Vietnamese Coffee)

Cafe Sura Da - black coffee french style w.condensed milk (iced)

:9

[Javaman]

7. case in point...

"Let me add that this is how frakking clueless the Dems are on the issue:" (a rightwing tool).

http://wizbangblog.com/content/2008/07/14/president-bush-lifts-offshore-drilling-ban.php

[Rhythm]

4. I've been using that in *ahem* polite company since i was in jr. high

My BG geek friends and i started doing that when we were in 7th grade.
Some of us still do.
You know things are REALLY bad if someone says 'felgercarb'. *L*

[Iggo]

6. And I hope it seeps right back out.

It wasn't cute or funny the first time around (back in the 70's) and it ain't cute or funny now.

If you wanna say fuck, say fuck. Don't be a pussy about it. Fuck.

[Javaman]

8. Or is it this?

Newsweek: Worries grow about 'fracking' for oil

http://www.silobreaker.com/DocumentReader.aspx?Item=5_893845273

[moriah]

9. I will use "Fark" or "fsck"....

But then again the "fsck" is a very common Unix-users term for "fuck" because usually if you have to fsck your disks than you are likely fucked.