Fark vs Firk - What's the difference?
fark | firk |
(US) To subject a website to a high volume of requests, such that the server stops responding.
To carry away or about; carry; move.
To drive away.
(obsolete) To have sexual intercourse, to copulate.
To rouse; raise up.
To move quickly; go off or fly out suddenly; turn out.
* Ben Jonson
As verbs the difference between fark and firk
is that fark is to subject a website to a high volume of requests, such that the server stops responding while firk is to carry away or about; carry; move.As an interjection fark
is eye dialect of nodot=true lang=en, used to express surprise, etc.As a noun firk is
a stroke; lash.fark
English
Etymology 1
From fuck.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 in New Zealand.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
(en verb)See also
* Slashdot effect ----firk
English
Alternative forms
* (l)Etymology 1
From (etyl) firken, .Verb
(en verb)- I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. - Shakespeare : IV, iv
- A wench is a rare bait, with which a man / No sooner's taken but he straight firks mad.