Talk:Frak (expletive)

message: Per the commercial that is running on Sci-Fi channel, the correct spelling is Frak.Thatguy820 (talk) 21:32, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah I believe something similar. I mean it says right in the article that the accepted spelling is "Frak". So it probably shouldn't be "Frack". --MightyGiant 16:05, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "Frack" was the way it was spelled in the original Battlestar Galacica, but the new Battlstar Galactica uses "Frak" instead because the producers wanted it to be a four letter word. So "Frack" is correct for the old Battlestar, and "Frak" is correct for the new one. see  here 70.17.145.115 20:28, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Frack is correct spelling. At the same time, though, the first sentence is in error. In the original Galactica, Frack was used exclusively as an interjection, and also by children, giving it a meaning also along the lines of "damn!" "rats," "crap," "hell," and many others, both mild words and less mild. It's use in the new Galactica is almost perfectly aquivalent to modern usage, but still can be used as virtually any expletive, such as "Frak!" (damn! shit! rats! darn!), "What the Frak?" (What the Hell), "Frack it" (Damn it), and all the uses included in the article as well. Also, the "they wanted the word to have four letters" needs to be referenced (referencing another wiki that is unreferenced is not sufficient for "citing a reliable source"). VigilancePrime 05:25, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Spelling

message: Took out the phrase, "Probably stolen from Farscape. Farscape had the word Frell as a curse word" as it was in the wrong place in the page, unverified, speculative, and had no sources (i.e. not something that belongs in the article).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.70.100 (talk) 03:11, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Other

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* Does this really need an encyclopedia entry? Couldn't it just survive on wiktionary? Rename if not Deleted 70.51.9.170 (talk) 05:44, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: http://forum.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?p=3423314#3423314 <- Does this mean the word also appears in the Warhammer 40,000 universe? Can anyone verify it? --DocumentN (talk) 01:38, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Warhammer 

message: Here's a new article dedicated to the word and its historyp  Rklawton (talk) 18:04, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Additional source

message: Cnn.com: The curse word 'Battlestar Galactica' created   216.125.49.252 (talk) 22:58, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference 

message: Having recently again worked at reading something printed in Fraktur type, and cursing thereby, I'd love to know if any of the original writers had had to take Deutsch back when... The association with expletives would have remained even if unconsciously. Shenme (talk) 23:32, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not frakkin' likely, IMHO. Fraktur is also called "Fracture", which is the literal meaning of the German word. It's just this name, y'know? --Thnidu (talk) 02:47, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  History and expletives 

message: Interesting contribution to the history of the term (re: Chris Talbott article "he did something truly amazing and subversive, up there with what Steven Bochco gets credit for, with 'frak,'") the subversive nature of the made up curse has gotten the attention of censors. Initially the KFC sweepstakes attached to the show was termed the "Frak Pack" sweepstakes (source: http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/sweepstakes/rules.pdf - March 2nd '09), but it has been renamed the "Can't-Say-That-Word-On-TV" Sweepstakes (source: http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/sweepstakes/ - March 2nd '09).
Editors: feel free to re-file as news / blather / WP:NOR etc. I gave my sources. 216.229.170.65 (talk) 00:30, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Frak Pack" sweepstakes 

message: There is a lot of repitition in the 'other uses' section on the fact that Frack/Frak/Frakk means coat, could this not be condenced to one sentance, or better yet removed altogether as irrelevant? 81.23.54.142 (talk) 16:20, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Frack/Frak/Frakk as Coat 

message: The 1960 Warner Brothers cartoon From Hare to Heir featured Yosemite Sam shouting out phrases such as “Rackin’ Frackin’ Varmint Rabbit”. Does this invalidate the claim that the expletive "frack" was first used in the original Battlestar Galactica series? Traal (talk) 00:58, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Earlier usage by Warner Bros. 

message: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing or "Fracking"  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.189.181.249 (talk) 00:34, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  As used in petroleum extraction 

message: About 15 minutes in to the film, when the scene changes to the USS Enterprise with voice over, then goes to the bridge with Scotty conducting repairs, he seems to say "It's Frakked" just before rising.
If someone could please confirm this, I think it's existance should be added to the main page. Thank you. Scaith (talk) 04:32, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Additional use found in StarTrek- The Final Frontier

message: This article belongs in a fanzine, not an encyclopedia. I have no idea what a "fictional version" of a word is. Beyond that dubious claim, the article is largely a collection of trivia based on spotting examples of the word.
Jack Garfield (talk) 08:46, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup tag added Feb 2011 

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message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover)  ■ ∃ Madeline ⇔ ∃ Part of me ; 08:29, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Note: WikiProject Television has been notified of this discussion. — Shibbolethink (♔ ♕) 13:54, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

text: Relisting comment: to generate a more thorough consensus — Shibbolethink (♔ ♕) 13:54, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Tell that to Airplane! or Saved!. Rreagan007 (talk) 19:31, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes both are likely correct, in both cases the presence of the "!" indicates a distinct topic which is why those are at the base name and with Airplane the generic meaning is primary for the simple form. Crouch, Swale (talk)  19:43, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

text: Relisting comment: Revert no consensus close and relist per request on my talk page BilledMammal (talk) 03:42, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Of course. My first thought when I read your #2 argument was, 'If that's the case then why change the name? Readers are finding it anyway, so no need to change.' Not really much of a deletionist, but in this case I don't see any notability. Probably should be merged into the Fuck article. At present, frak isn't even mentioned in that article, so it likely deserves its own subsection like "F-bomb" has, and "Frak (expletive)" should be converted into a redirect to that subsection. Believe it's much less than a ptopic; it may not even be notable enough to have its own page. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. put'er there 11:18, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Put it this way, imagine an article about this expletive didn’t exist. Then what would be at the basename? —В²C ☎ 14:13, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The base name would still title the dab page, and the "Frak (expletive)" redirect would be listed on the Frak dab page and target the subsection header in the Fuck article. Very common and okay per the dab MOS. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. put'er there 20:19, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

text: For that matter, the article about the Javascript engine cites no independent sources, and the main website for both the engine and the company that produced it are on long-dead domain names. I just WP:PRODed it. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 21:48, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 12 March 2023