different between farl vs fark

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??l/

Etymology 1

Contraction of fardel.

Noun

farl (plural farls)

1. (obsolete) A quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake.
2. Any such cake or bread, now particularly used for Irish specialities as soda farls and potato farls.

See also

• soda bread
• potato bread

Etymology 2

Verb

farl (third-person singular simple present farls, present participle farling, simple past and past participle farled)

1. Obsolete form of furl.
   • 1647, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, The Sea Voyage, Act 1, Scene 1, First Beaumont and Fletcher folio, 1854, Alexander Dyce (editor), The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher: The Text Formed from a New Collation of the Early Editions, Volume 2, page 416,

     Down with the mainmast ! lay her at hull !

     Farl up all her linens, and let her ride it out !

Anagrams

• larf

English

Etymology 1

From fuck.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /f??k/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k

Interjection

fark

1. (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar) Pronunciation 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 /f?k/.

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

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????, form Arabic ?????? (farq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fa?k/
• Hyphenation: fark

Noun

fark (definite accusative fark?, plural farklar)

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