different between nans vs fark

English

Noun

nans

1. plural of nan

Anagrams

• ANNs, anns

Catalan

Adjective

nans

1. masculine plural of nan

Noun

nans

1. plural of nan

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of n? (“swim”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /nans/, [nä??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nans/, [n?ns]

Participle

n?ns (genitive nantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. swimming
2. floating

Declension

Third-declension participle.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Noun

n?ns m (genitive nantis); third declension

1. a swimmer
2. (in the plural, with av?s) swimming fowl; geese, ducks

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

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)

1. difference

Declension

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