"fark" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /fɐːk/, /fɑːk/, /fɑɹk/ Audio: EN-AU ck1 fark.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k Etymology: An alteration of fuck, using a non‐rhotic ⟨ar⟩ to signify an elongated /ɐ/ or /ʌ/. The spelling has been used in works by Australian satirists since at least 1970.
  1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, vulgar) Pronunciation spelling of fuck, used to express surprise, anger, or emphasis. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, vulgar Alternative form of: fuck (extra: used to express surprise, anger, or emphasis) Derived forms: farken Related terms: fuuuck
    Sense id: en-fark-en-intj-ph92cjti Categories (other): Australian English, British English, English pronunciation spellings, New Zealand English, South African English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: farks [present, singular, third-person], farking [participle, present], farked [participle, past], farked [past]
Etymology: 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. Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: Internet, US, transitive Related terms: Slashdot effect
    Sense id: en-fark-en-verb-t6HdqQlf Categories (other): American English, Internet
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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