different between fap vs fae

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fæp/
• Rhymes: -æp

Etymology 1

Late 16th century.

Adjective

fap (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Drunk.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:drunk

Etymology 2

Onomatopeic Internet neologism from the sound of male masturbation, originally used in English translations of some adult Japanese manga, and popularized on the Internet by the webcomic The Thin H Line/Sexy Losers and other online sources.

Interjection

fap

1. (informal, Internet slang) To indicate that someone (normally the speaker) is either masturbating, or inspired to by sexual arousal.

   I was watching some porn – fap fap fap – when my computer crashed, again!

   She's single?... *fap fap fap*

Verb

fap (third-person singular simple present faps, present participle fapping, simple past and past participle fapped)

1. (slang) To masturbate.
   • 2014, Caitlin Moran, How to Build a Girl, Ebury 2015, p. 39:

     For what reason – other than a knowing sadistic streak – would they have named something millions of teenage girls were fapping themselves senseless with ‘Mum’?

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:masturbate

Descendants

• Finnish: fäpätä
• Polish: fapa?
• Russian: ?????? (fapat?)

Noun

fap (plural faps)

1. (slang, countable) A session of masturbation.

   I was horny, so I had a quick fap in the public restroom.

Derived terms

• fappable
• Fappening
• fapworthy
• fappy

Anagrams

• AFP, FP&A, PFA

English

Adjective

fae (comparative more fae, superlative most fae)

1. Alternative spelling of fey (“magical, fairylike”)

Noun

fae pl (plural only)

1. Alternative spelling of fey (“fairy folk”)

See also

• faerie

Anagrams

• A. E. F., A.E.F., AEF, EAF, EFA, FEA

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wai

Interjection

fae

1. woe !

References

Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “fae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scots

Etymology

Lowland Scots variant of frae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe?/

Preposition

fae

1. (Lowlands Scots) from

Further reading

• “fae” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Welsh

Noun

fae

1. Soft mutation of bae.

Mutation