Frak or frack is a fictional version of "

fuck ''Fuck'' is an English-language expletive. It often refers to the act of sexual intercourse, but is also commonly used as an intensifier or to convey disdain. While its origin is obscure, it is usually considered to be first attested to aro ...

" first used in the 1978 ''Battlestar Galactica'' television series. It continues to be used throughout different versions of the ''Battlestar Galactica'' franchise and, more generally, as a

profanity in science fiction Profanity in science fiction (SF) shares all of the issues of profanity in fiction in general, but has several unique aspects of its own, including the use of alien profanities (such as the alien expletive "shazbot!" from '' Mork & Mindy'', a w ...

Etymology

"Frak" is a fictional censored version of "

" first used in the 1978 ''Battlestar Galactica'' series (with the spelling "frack"). In the "re-imagined" version, and subsequently in ''Caprica'', it appears with greater frequency and with the revised spelling "frak", as the producers wanted to make it a

four-letter word The phrase four-letter word refers to a set of English-language words written with four letters which are considered profane, including common popular or slang terms for excretory functions, sexual activity and genitalia, blasphemies, terms ...

. It occurs as an expletive and in expressions such as "fraks things up good" and "frakking toasters".

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