fark

See also: fɑrk

English

Etymology 1

From fuck.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /fɐːk/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /fɐːk/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k

Interjection

fark

1. (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar) Eye dialect spelling of fuck, 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 /fɐk/.

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

fark (third-person singular simple present farks, present participle farking, simple past and past participle farked)

1. (Internet, transitive, US) To subject a website to a high volume of requests, such that the server stops responding.

See also

• Slashdot effect

Anagrams

• frak

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Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic فَرْق‎ (farq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɾk/
• Hyphenation: fark

Noun

fark (definite accusative farkı, plural farklar)

1. difference

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	fark
Definite accusative	farkı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fark	farklar
Definite accusative	farkı	farkları
Dative	farka	farklara
Locative	farkta	farklarda
Ablative	farktan	farklardan
Genitive	farkın	farkların
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular farkım farklarım 2nd singular farkın farkların 3rd singular farkı farkları 1st plural farkımız farklarımız 2nd plural farkınız farklarınız 3rd plural farkları farkları

Derived terms

• farkında
• farkındalık
• farkla
• farklı
• farksa
• farksız
• Farkçı
• farkçı
• farkçık
• farkçılık

 

Related terms

• fark makinesi
• fark işleci
• sonlu fark