frig verb
1. [a specialization of the obsolete Standard English sense ‘to rub or chafe’] to masturbate.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes 139/1: Fricciare…to frig, to wriggle, to tickle. ca1650 in J. Wardroper Love & Drollery (1969) 197: And lest her sire should not thrust home/She frigged her father in her mother’s womb. 1680 Lord Rochester in Oxford English Dictionary Supp.: Poor pensive lover, in this place, Would Frigg upon his Mothers Face. ca1684 in Ash-bee Biblio. II 333: All the rest pull out their dildoes and frigg in point of honour. ca1730 in E. J. Burford Bawdy Verse (1983) 254: You know, at fifty-five,/A man can only frigg her! 1734 in G. Legman No Laughing Matter (1975) III 18: Assembled, and Frigged upon the Test Platter. ca1716–46 in J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang & Its Analogues III 74: So to a House of office…a School-Boy does repair, To…fr— his P— there. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: To frig. To be guilty of the crime of self-pollution. 1835 in J. E. Valle Rocks & Shoals (1980) 167: Question. Did you ever frig Lt. Burns? A. Yes— Q. How often? A. five or six times. 1865 Capt. E. Sellon New Epicurean 13: I frigged and kissed their fragrant cunnies. ca1866 Romance of Lust 27: Fortunately, I had never frigged myself. 1879 Harlequin Prince Cherrytop 29: Better frig, howe’er the mind it shocks,/Than from promiscuous fucking catch the pox. 1909 J. Joyce in Selected Letters 182: You… frigged me slowly till I came off through your fingers. 1940 J. Del Torto Graffiti Transcript (Kinsey Institute): My finger against his asshole.… I pushed it up and began to frig him. 1957 A. Myrer Big War 361 [refers to WWII]: There’ll be no friggin’ in the riggin’…and no poopin’ on the poop-deck. 1968 “A. D’Arcangelo” Homosexual Handbook 209: While you’re approaching from the rear, you can reach around and frig her clitoris with a free hand. 1970 Peters Sex Newspapers 4: I began frigging myself even harder. 2002 R. Williams Sing yer Heart out for Lads ii. 65: Barry I’d give Posh Spice a fucking good seeing to I would. Fuck her till she screams. I’d strip off all her clothes, her damp and sticky knickers, I’d lay her down on the floor, frig her pussy with my finger, rubbing away at her clit, till she had an orgasm. Then I’d give her a fuck, long lingering fuck.
2.a. to copulate; (hence) to copulate with. [The earliest quotations—variants of the same ribald song—involve word play on the obsolete Standard English sense ‘to move about restlessly; wiggle’, and suggest that the current sense arose as a euphemism; note that as early as ca1650 the word seems to have been regarded as coarse and to be avoided.]
ca1610 in E. J. Burford Bawdy Verse (1983) 65: Faine woulde I try how I could frig/Up and downe, up and downe, up and downe,/Fain would I try how I could Caper. ca1650 in J. Wardroper Love & Drollery (1969) 186: Fain would I go both up and down…/No child is fonder of the gig/Than I to dance a merry jig./Fain would I try how I could —. ca1684 in H. N. Cary Sexual Vocabulary II: You frigg as though you were afraid to hurt. 1865 Capt. E. Sellon New Epicurean 19: I had flung her on her back on the hay and was frigging away at her maidenhead. 1888 Stag Party 71: Why is the firing of an outhouse like flies frigging? It is arson on a small scale. ca1889 E. Field Boastful Yak: She would have been frigged, but he reneagued. 1918–19 in M. B. Carey, Jr. Mlle. from Armentières II (unpaged): The first Division is having a time,/Frigging the Fraus along the Rhine. 1916–22 H. N. Cary Sexual Vocabulary I under copulation: Frigging like a mink. To perform with vigor. frigging like a rabbit. To have great capacity. 1922 H.L. Mencken in T. P. Riggio Dreiser-Mencken Letters II 463: But frigging, as you must know, is invariably unlawful, save under ecclesiastical permit. 1922 T. E. Lawrence The Mint (1955) 155: [It sounded] like a pack of skeletons frigging on a tin roof. 1927 in E. Wilson Twenties 413: Story about the fellow whose girl kept on eatin’ an apple all the time he was friggin’ her. 1927 Immortalia 32: The Khan would rather frig than fight. 1930 Lyra Ebriosa 12: We’ll go over and do some friggin’;/Dollar and a half will pay your fee. 1934 in V. Randolph Pissing in Snow 88: She was better frigging than the other girl, so he diddled her twice. 1938 “Justinian” Americana Sexualis 23: Frig (Frick). v. To copulate with.… Often used as euphemistic expletive for the phrase “Fuck it!” 1942 W. L. McAtee Supplement to Grant Co. 4 [refers to 1890s]: Frig, v., copulate. 1942 in G. Legman Limerick (1954) 18: A young wife…/Preferred frigging to going to mass. 1944 in P. Smith Letters from Father 426: He would “frig” her himself. 1951 W. Styron Lie down in Darkness (1992) vii. 389: Christine say she want to frig wid me. 1969 R. Jessup Sailor 6: Better than you, letting him come up here while I’m at work and frigging from morning til night, probably. 1998 S. Waters Tipping Velvet xii. 267: I had not fucked her, we had not frigged.
b. (used as an expletive); “screw”; to hell with; (hence) to disregard utterly. [Frequently regarded as a partial euphemism for FUCK, verb, definition 2a.]
1879 Pearl 103: Two prisoners were brought in.… The Sergeant requested orders regarding them. The Major merrily answered: “Oh, take them away and frig them!” 1905 in J. Joyce Letters II. 104: Cosgrave says it’s unfair for you to frig the one idea about love which he had before he met you, and say “You have educated him too much.” 1929–35 J. T. Farrell Judgment Day 629: Phrigg you, Catherine! 1936 S. Kingsley Dead End 691: Spit. Frig you! Drina…I’ll crack you…you talk like that! 1938 J. O’Hara Hope of Heaven 131: Frig dat. 1940 L. Zinberg Walk Hard, Talk Loud 133: Aw, frig it, if I hadn’t been expecting a fight…it wouldn’t of happened. 1946 W. L. Gresham Nightmare Alley 20: Frig him, the Bible-spouting bastard. 1948 I. Wolfert Act of Love 155: Frig them. Ibid. 399: The Navy was still saying, Frig you Joe, I’m okay. 1949 A. I. Bezzerides Thieves’ Market 23: Frig Mom, let her try to stop me. 1953 W. Manchester City of Anger 116: Frig trouble, I always say. Better frig it before it frigs you. 1956 G. Metalious Peyton Place 358: “Frig you,” said Kenny hostilely. 1965 C. Himes Cotton comes to Harlem (1988) xiv. 98: Deke looked up at him as though from a great distance. He looked as though he didn’t care about anything any more. “Frig you,” he said. 1970 M. Gattzden Black Vendetta 102: Let’s frig it. 1980 J. McA-leer & B. Dickson Unit Pride 96: Frig ’em all and their mothers too. All but six and leave them for pallbearers. 1982 P. Redmond Brookside ((Mersey TV transmission script) Episode 6.) 21: Bongo. We could always go down town. Ducksie. Frig that. Too bleedin’ cold. 1992 J. Cartwright Rise & Fall of Little Voice i. 9: When am I this morning, the Okay Corral or what? Frig me. Don’t put loads of bloody sugar in yours an all.
c. to cheat. [Frequently regarded as a partial euphemism for FUCK, verb, definition 4a.]
[ca1684 in Ashbee Biblio. II 339: I’ll then invade and bugger all the Gods/And drain the spring of their immortal cods,/Then make them rub their arses till they cry,/You’ve frigged us out of immortality.] 1928 American Speech III (Feb.) 219: Frig. To trick, to take advantage of. “They frigged me out of the last bottle of Scotch!” 1935 J. Conroy World to Win 209: They’ll frig themselves and ever’body else out of a job. 1945 in S. J. Perelman Don’t Tread on Me 60: I don’t use a literary agent, but I probably should, because I have been frigged time and again by publishers. 1952 H. Grey Hoods 88: He’s the kind of guy who talks through both sides of his mouth and whistles “I frig you truly.”
3. to trifle or fool about.—used with with, about, or around. [Frequently regarded as a partial euphemism for FUCK, verb, definition 5.]
1785 F. Grose Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: To frig.… Frigging is also used figuratively for trifling. 1811 in F. W. Howay Voyage of the New Hazard (1938) 15: Staying jib-boom; loosing and handing sails over; getting boat on the quarter and frigging about all the afternoon. ca1900 in English Dialect Dictionary: I can do nothing while you keep frigging about. 1928 C. McKay Banjo 241: Don’t think I like frigging round officials. I hate it. 1930 T. Fredenburgh Soldiers March! 151 [refers to 1918]: What the hell do you want, frigging around that echelon? 1933 J. Masefield Conway 211 [refers to 1891]: Frig about, to fool around. 1940 E. Hemingway For Whom the Bell Tolls 272: We do not let the gypsy nor others frig with it. 1946 J. H. Burns Gallery 3
01: Untying his shoelaces and frigging with the buckles on his boots. 1949 H. Ellson Tomboy 127: Do you let any punk in the mob frig around with you? 1952 H. Grey Hoods 225: No friggin’ around. 1954 B. Schulberg On the Waterfront 11: I worked too hard for what I got to frig around with a cheese-eater. Know what I mean? 1961 A. J. Roth Shame of Wounds 34: Now if you was in my gang, we’d fix Nolan for you. He don’t frig around with none of us. 1962 R. Dougherty Commissioner 187: You go in there—no friggin’ around. 1975 J. Gould Maine Lingo 102: Frig. A word with four-letter nuance almost everywhere except Maine. Here, it means fiddle around, dawdle, fidget, fuss, fondle idly, putter. A Maine lady of unimpeachable gentility once described her late husband as nervous and ill at ease in public, and said he would sit “frigging with his necktie.” 1988 M. Bail Holden’s Performance 113: You can’t frig around with nature. 2001 A. Wheatle East of Acre Lane 4: Don’t frig about, Chaks, you’ll get de t’ings back, no worries.
In phrase:
go frig [yourself]! get away! go to hell!
1936 S. Kingsley Dead End 726: Ah, go frig! 1946 W. L. Gresham Nightmare Alley 47: Go frig a rubber duck. 1951 W. J. Sheldon Troubling of a Star 20: Tell the bastard to go frig himself. 1961 A. J. Roth Shame of Wounds 213: They stared at each other for several seconds. Then Red lowered his eyes and muttered uneasily. “Aw, go frig yourself.” 1984 T. Robbins Jitterbug Perfume 48: You have strayed from your kingdom, Your Majesty. I am not subject to your authority. In fact, go frig yourself. 2000 J. Brady Marines of Autumn 200: Izzo told them to go frig themselves.
frigger noun
1. a person who frigs.
1659 G. Torriano Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese: Frugatoio…a frigger, a clown, a wriggler up and down. 1879 Harlequin Prince Cherrytop 12: Such cheek from a half-hung selfish frigger. ca1890 My Secret Life VIII. ix.: She was a wonderful frigger.—Her masturbation was most delicate and fetching (some women never can frig).
2. (a partial euphemism for) FUCKER, definition 2.
1953 W. Manchester City of Anger 145: That bastard… that no good frigger. 1989 Viz (Oct.–Nov.) 24/2 (in cartoon): Fuck! It’s deed! Hey! It is n’all! Eh? It was alreet when I wrapped the frigger up this mornin’. 2002 J. McGahern That They May Face Rising Sun (2003) 260: Don’t be standing up for him, Kate.… Give him an inch and the frigger will build nests in your ears.
frigging adjective & adverb
contemptible or despicable; damned; (often used with reduced force for emphasis). Also as infix. [Perhaps originally derived from literal phrases such as frigging youngster, frigging madman, etc., used opprobriously; now usually regarded as a partial euphemism for FUCKING.]
a1890–93 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang & Its Analogues III 74: Frigging…Adj. and adv. (vulgar).—An expletive of intensification. Thus frigging bad—“bloody” bad; a frigging idiot—an absolute fool. 1929–30 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel 55: If people only realized how friggin’ easy it would be. Ibid. 89: I told ’em I was a friggin’ bookagent to get into the damn town. 1943 in P. Smith Letters from Father 332: It was a “friggen” swell party. 1944 F. Wakeman Shore Leave 10: It took me three more weeks to get off that frigging island. 1947 W. Motley Knock on Any Door 194: I’m no friggin’ good. 1948 I. Wolfert Act of Love 136: On your feet, you friggin’ volunteers. 1949 A. I. Bezzerides Thieves’ Market 3: You’re frigging right, Pa. 1947–52 R. Ellison Invisible Man 192: A frigging eight-day wonder. 1954 F. I. Gwaltney Heaven & Hell 264 [refers to WWII]: That would be oh-friggen-kay with me. 1956 G. Metalious Peyton Place 93: Where’s the friggin’ bottle? 1957 Mayfield Hit 89: “Is he the only one who can drive this friggin’ car?” squealed Frank. 1968 P. Larkin Letter (Aug. 19) in A. Thwaite Selected Letters of Philip Larkin (1992) 403: Your whacking great book on Stalin’s purges came this afternoon; I began putting my nose in it as a change from writing my frigging annual report. 1974 M. Cherry On High Steel 160: So friggin’ what? 1980 J. Carroll Land of Laughs 22: I got the friggin’ renewal already. 1986 Newsweek (Jul. 28) 26: I said, “Give me a break, this ain’t no frigging war.” 1989 Tour of Duty (CBS-TV): There ain’t no friggin’ justice! 1991 R. Marcinko & J. Weisman Rogue Warrior 63: I don’t frigging believe it. 1992 N. Cohn Heart of World 9: Straight off the friggin’ boats. 1995 C. D. Short Shining Shining Path iii. 57: The wonderful weather was holding and every single aspect was going so ab, so, frigging, lutely, perfect. 2001 C. Palahniuk Choke ii. 12: All these people you think are a big joke. Go ahead and frigging laugh your frigging head off.
frigging-A interjection
(a partial euphemism for) FUCKING-A.
1966 J. Kerouac in Evergreen Review X. 84/2: I heard somebody say to another guy :- “Le roi n’est pas amusez.” (The king is not amused.) (“You frigging A!” I shoulda yelled out the window.) 1971 Jacobs & Casey Grease 13: DANNY. Is that all you ever think about, Sonny? SONNY.… Friggin’-A! 1973 W. Crawford Stryker 41: You’re friggin-A-well right I would have. 1979 W. P. McGivern Soldiers of ’44 139 [refers to WWII]: “So you know what I’m thinking.”…“Frigging A.” 1984 in W. Safire You Could Look It Up 120: A euphemism from my adolescence, like “Friggin’-A, I’m going.” 1992 C. Sellers World Ablaze 149: “Frigging-A right!” Sloan yelled, and stood up to empty his clip at the enemy’s flank.
frig off verb
1. to masturbate to orgasm.
1909 J. Joyce in Selected Letters 191: Do you frig yourself off first? 1955 “Thirty-Five” The Argot: Frig up To mess up (euphemism).… In literal sense, to frig oneself off, to masturbate. 1979 American Speech LI 22 [refers to ca1950]: Frig and frig off.
2. to go away; go to hell.—used imperatively. [Regarded as a partial euphemism for FUCK OFF, definition 1.]
1961 A.J. Roth Shame of Wounds 141: “Go on, frig off,” Red’s scowl dared him. “See how far you get by yourself.” 1965 in Oxford English Dictionary Supp.: “Frig off,” he said, swinging towards the door.
frig-up noun
(a partial euphemism for) FUCK-UP, definitions 1 & 2.
1941 S. J. Baker Dict. Australian Slang 30: Frigg-up, a confusion, muddle. 1948 I. Shaw Young Lions 542: You’re the frig-ups of the Army. 1954 F. I. Gwaltney Heaven & Hell 15 [refers to WWII]: Hell no! I ain’t no frigup. Ibid. 18: They’re frigups, sure, but they ain’t jailbirds. 1992 J. Cartwright Rise & Fall of Little Voice 45: I’ve just been involved with the worst…frig-up in Mari’s history.
frig up verb
1. (a partial euphemism for) FUCK UP, definition 1.
1933 in J. Dos Passos 14th Chronicle 428: All my plans for work are frigged up for fair, too. 1937 J. Weidman I Can Get It for You Wholesale 60: Something’s frigged up around here! 1942 S.J. Baker Australian Language 267: It is common in English for up to be added in a verbal sense, thus mess up, rust up, knock up, and even for certain nounal forms to emerge.… Thus we have…frigg-up or muck-up, a confusion, a row or argument.] 1954 F.I. Gwaltney Heaven & Hell 26: When they frigup [sic] here, they ain’t no place to send ’em except home in a box. a1966 S.J. Baker Australian Language (ed. 2) 217: Frig up, to mar. 1985 L. Choyce Why I Live Where I Live in Avalanche Ocean (1987) iii. viii. 166: The warm weather had frigged up any possibility of decent snowmobiling. 1992 S. King Dolores Claiborne 62: The person in charge isn’t there to frig it up.
2. (a partial euphemism for) FUCK UP, definition 2a.
1948 I. Shaw Young Lions 595: Every day they bury a thousand like you, and the guys like me, who never frigged up, go over the lists and send up a thousand more. 1953 “F. Paley” Rumble on the Docks 257: The Stompers are saying that only a Digger could frig up like that. a1981 in S. King Bachman 470: No, I frigged up. 2001 L.E. Modesitt Octagonal Raven 463: You’ve frigged up bad.
fsck [after fsck, the name of a command on the Unix operating system that checks and repairs disk errors, from file system check]
Computing. (a partial euphemism for) FUCK, in various senses and parts of speech.
1992 Re: IIGS RGB Out of Focus on Usenet newsgroup comp.sys.apple2 (Apr. 3): Caveat: I learned about fscking around
inside equipment like this (high voltage) as a kid, from my dad.… You can easily kill yourself, even with the power cord unplugged. 1992 Re: Pickup Lines on Usenet newsgroup soc.singles (July 12): Wanna fsck? 1995 Re: Slight flame from Linux user on Usenet newsgroup comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc (June 7): Now what the fsck am I meant to do? 2006 Around The Water Cooler: Best comment thread roundup on Lifehacker (online) (Dec. 11): Okay, that right there is fscking HOT.
FTA interjection
Army. “fuck the Army.”
1958 “D. Harde” Lusty Limericks 44: Marching Song of the F.T.A. (Fuck The Army). 1963 T. Doulis Path for our Valor 32: “And what does FTA stand for, Specialist?”…“Sir…excuse me.… The initials stand for Fuck the Army.” 1969 N.Y. Times Magazine (May 18) 122: Some of the blacks gave the closed-fist militant salute and several soldiers shouted “F.T.A.”—initials which recruiting sergeants insist stand for “Fun, Travel, and Adventure” but which most soldiers recognize as a suggestion of what should be done to the Army. 1970 W. Just Military Men 67: The slogan is F.T.A., which means Fuck the Army. 1984 R. Riggan Free Fire Zone 109: New helmet covers with none of that FTA stuff written in ballpoint pen on them. 1989 D. Hackworth & J. Sherman About Face xix. 656: One of the RTOs in Slater’s Operations shop had the letters “FTA” printed boldly on his helmet cover in two-inch-high letters. a2007 S. Estes Ask & Tell v. 144: There was this whole bad attitude thing about the military, you know, “FTA: Fuck the Army.” Scratch it on the walls, write it on the latrines, FTA, FTA, FTA.
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