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Farl vs Fark - What's the difference?

farl | fark |

As verbs the difference between farl and fark

is that farl is obsolete form of lang=en while fark is to subject a website to a high volume of requests, such that the server stops responding.

As a noun farl

is a quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake.

As an interjection fark is

eye dialect of nodot=true lang=en, used to express surprise, etc.

farl

English

Etymology 1

Contraction of fardel.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake.
  • Any such cake or bread, now particularly used for Irish specialities as soda farls and potato farls.

    • See also

    * soda bread * potato bread

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • * 1647', '', '''1854 , Alexander Dyce (editor), ''The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher: The Text Formed from a New Collation of the Early Editions , Volume 2, page 416,
    • Down with the mainmast ! lay her at hull !
    Farl up all her linens, and let her ride it out !
    (Webster 1913)

    fark

    English

    Etymology 1

    From fuck.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (Australia, NZ, vulgar) , used to express surprise, etc .
    • 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)
  • (US) To subject a website to a high volume of requests, such that the server stops responding.

    • See also

    * Slashdot effect ----