different between faunch vs raunch

English

Alternative forms

• fauch
• fawnch

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Used in Midland American English and Western American English. Entered the fanspeak body of slang after writer Noel Loomis used it in a review in Pro-Phile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??nt?/
• Rhymes: -??nt?

Noun

faunch (plural faunches)

1. (dated, fandom slang) A desire; a yearning.

   • Byrne was the best thing about *Man in the Iron Mask*, as far as plot and acting. I do confess a faunch for John Malkovitch, and DiCaprio should be allowed to develop his considerable latent acting abilities.

   • Me, I'd caution against a Worldcon as one's first convention for somebody who has such a faunch -- not to the point of avoiding it, if one were handy -- as while there's a lot that's fun at a Worldcon, it tends to be on the largish side, it's fairly easy to get lostish, and in most times and places (at least in the US) there's likely to be a good convention closer in time and space than the next Worldcon.

Verb

faunch (third-person singular simple present faunches, present participle faunching, simple past and past participle faunched)

1. (US, equestrianism) To bite the bit, especially when restless; to champ.
2. (US, chiefly Midland American English and Western American English) To complain; to rant; to rave.
   • Right Wingers can rant, stomp, faunch, condemn and mislead all day long and pack the laws with well archestrated^[sic] bigotry and bias from here til doomsday.

3. (US, chiefly Midland American English and Western American English) To worry; to be eager; to show impatience.

   • Rather than have me fidget and faunch while waiting in line (I'd neglected to bring a book) my wife sent me off to the music store with her blessing, with the promise to send our daughter Celia to fetch me when we finally got our table an hour later.
4. (dated, fandom slang) To desire; to yearn; to covet.
   • One thing you will learn *very* quickly is that, while you can do a very broad range of photography indeed with cheap equipment, there is *always* some very expensive toy you faunch over that will let you do something a little bit better.

Derived terms

• faunch and rear
• faunch at the bit

References

• faunch in the Dictionary of American Regional English

English

Etymology

Backformation from raunchy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????nt?/
• (some accents) IPA^(key): /????nt?/
• Rhymes: -??nt?, -??nt?

Noun

raunch (uncountable)

1. Low class condition or content; inferiority; inadequacy.
2. Dishonorable, base, and vulgar expression.
3. Socially unacceptable sexual behavior.

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