Re: 'farscape' curse words

Nik Taylor wrote:

> "Fuck". It's used exactly the same way as the English word.
> "Frell you!" "This is frelled-up", "Frell!" "Get the frell
> out of here!", etc.
Is this a contraction as well (as in "hazmat")? I'm guessing
_freaking hell_ or something, or is it something they just came
up with from nowhere?

NotSoObNatlang: We have a nice contraction of similar kind
in Swedish: _miffo_ ["mIf:U] << _missfoster_ meaning 'freak'.

||| daniel

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