Fragger vs Franger - What's the difference?
fragger | franger |
(US, military, slang) One who frags (deliberately kills a superior officer with a fragmentation grenade).
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) A condom.
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, title=Pirate Pay TV
, group=aus.tv.pay
, author=Egan Blinkhorn
, date=November 4
, year=1999
, passage=You have a point. But on the other hand, I didn't run off and tell mum with a six pack in one hand and an open franger packet in the other.
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, title=Sydney 2000 -Too sexy for some.....
, group=rec.travel.australia+nz
, author=rhay10
, date=September 22
, year=2000
, passage=Ranpaging(sic) Roy Slaven & HG Nelson who are comedians of the host broadcaster's Olympic graveyard shift have said that 48,000 of the frangers are for the personal use of the mayor of the Olympic village - 'Richo'. they claim the rest are for the Cuban team who when they have finished their events are going at it like rabbits.
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*:Gone are the terms we used in our youth the frenchies, frangers , rubbers, joes, french letters, gumboots, rubbers, johnnies, parachutes and plastic fantastics -- these days they're just condoms.
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As nouns the difference between fragger and franger
is that fragger is one who frags (deliberately kills a superior officer with a fragmentation grenade) while franger is a condom.fragger
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- The barber would say while he was cutting a grown-up?s hair, ‘Do you need any home supplies, sir?’ which is the secret code for a packet of frangers .