different between carking vs zarking

English

Verb

carking

1. present participle of cark

Adjective

carking (comparative more carking, superlative most carking)

1. (obsolete) Wearying, distressing (of care, or similar words).
   • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. IV, ch. 98:

     After mutual protestations of friendship and regard, he […] took his leave in a strange perplexity of mind, occasioned by the images of love, intruding upon the remonstrances of carking care.

Anagrams

• arcking, craking, racking

English

Etymology

Coined by Douglas Adams as a derivative of zark in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1978). See -ing.

Pronunciation

Adjective

zarking (not comparable)

1. (slang, euphemistic) Fucking (as an intensifier).
   • 1997, "Scott McClare", ARSCC - An open letter (discussion on Internet newsgroup alt.religion.scientology)

     Nonsense. Why should those of us outside the U.S. give a zarking photon what the U.S. State Department thinks?

   • 2002, "major kong", apartments in wicker park etc.. (discussion on Internet newsgroup chi.general)

     The only time I was "approached" by a so called mugger was on the Gravigny Balizy stop THEN I had to spend 4 zarking hours in a zarking police station. I am glad they have cleaned it up since I was there in the late 80's and you had a good time there.

   • 2008, Andria Markut, The Chronicles of the Knights of the Code: Volume 1 the Search

     "You zarking, smeging ^[sic], harebrained fools!" Keindorm cursed the pair, picking his hat up off the ground […]