Definitions

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  • interjection Australia, New Zealand, vulgar Eye dialect spelling of fuck, used to express surprise, etc.
  • verb US To subject a website to a high volume such that the server stops responding. See slashdot effect.

Etymologies

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From fuck.

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  • Ninjawords got this one in check

    December 7, 2006

  • Fake news, sensational; a substanceless puff piece.

    May 11, 2009

  • fark - noun, a news story that is not news, usually with a witty headline.

    usage: not news - car stolen; news - it was a police car; fark - parked at the police station.

    etymology - from the website www.fark.com

    June 9, 2009

  • Used as a milder alternative to fuck

    June 10, 2009