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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>fscking</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="fry.html" title="fry"/><link rel="next" href="FSF.html" title="FSF"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">fscking</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="fry.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="FSF.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="fscking"/><dt xmlns="" id="fscking"><b>fscking</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/fus'·king/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/eff'·seek·ing/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p>[Usenet; very common] Fucking, in the expletive sense (it refers to
the Unix filesystem-repair command
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">fsck</span>(8)</span>,
of which it can be said that if you have to use it at all you are having a
bad day). Originated on <a href="../S/scary-devil-monastery.html"><i class="glossterm">scary devil monastery</i></a> and
the <tt class="systemitem">bofh.net</tt> newsgroups, but
became much more widespread following the passage of
<a href="../C/CDA.html"><i class="glossterm">CDA</i></a>. Also occasionally seen in the variant
&#8220;<span class="quote">What the fsck?</span>&#8221;</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="fry.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../F.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="FSF.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">fry </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> FSF</td></tr></table></div></body></html>