Freaking vs Fracking - What's the difference?
freaking | fracking |
A streak or variegation in a pattern.
* 1926 , Hildegarde Hawthorne, Corsica, the Surprising Island (page 216)
* 1937 , My Garden (volume 10, page 234)
(euphemistic, slang, vulgar, chiefly, US) Fucking.
(obsolete) freakish
(euphemistic, vulgar, slang, US) Fucking.
(oil drilling) Hydraulic fracturing.
* 2010 , Andrew Chung, "
(slang, euphemistic, bowdlerization) Fucking.
* {{quote-book, 1991, James Whitehead, Joiner, page=79, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=hl1YoavrXGYC&pg=PA79, isbn=1557282048
, passage=He's a fracking hawk the likes of which Hopkins never imagined — he's a blue darter. }}
* {{quote-news, 2006, January, , Best Pentium Chipset, Maximum PC
, passage=As we said before, will someone please agree on a fracking dual videocard standard?}}
* {{quote-book, 2007, Jose Armando Perez, Betrayed? An Unscheduled Rendezvous, page=68, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=9FFGE2IE89AC&pg=RA1-PA68
, passage=It was a fracking nightmare.}}
As nouns the difference between freaking and fracking
is that freaking is {{cx|dated|lang=en}} A streak or variegation in a pattern while fracking is hydraulic fracturing.As adjectives the difference between freaking and fracking
is that freaking is fucking while fracking is fucking.As a verb freaking
is present participle of lang=en.As an adverb freaking
is fucking.freaking
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- For the greater part of the time we were considerably above the sea, that took on a more vivid hue, more peacock freakings , for every yard we hung above it. Once in a way we got down to sea level, but only to mount again.
- so through every conceivable shade of red, lilac and purple to a vinous maroon of the deepest dye, with freakings and freckles and all manner of fantastic adornments.
Adjective
(-)- You're getting on my freaking nerves!
- (Samuel Pepys)
Synonyms
* effing, flaming, flipping, frickingUsage notes
* Freaking' is often used in motion pictures as a substitute for ' fucking so that characters can be shown to swear without the motion picture incurring censorship or a higher certificate than it otherwise might.Adverb
(-)- You think you're so freaking smart, don't you?
- He was so scared he freaking ran into a police station.
fracking
English
Noun
(-) (wikipedia fracking)Quebec between a rock and a hard place on gas from shale," Toronto Star , 25 July (retrieved 26 July 2010):
- Still, environmentalists look to the U.S., where drilling with fracking is now a “megatrend” and where thousands of wells dot the landscape in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Colorado. They worry about higher greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional natural gas—because of the energy used to get the gas—and water contamination.
Adjective
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