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'''Frag''' is a curse used by [[Transformer]]s.
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<td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0"> <p style="font-size:smaller;line-height:1em;text-align: right"><cite style="font-style:normal;">—[[Rattrap]] to a dying [[Botanica]], [[Endgame Part 1: The Downward Spiral]]</cite>
 
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'''Frag''' is a curse used by [[Transformer|Transformers]].
 


==Notes==
==Notes==
*In military terminology, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frag_%28military%29" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Frag_(military)">Fragging</a> is where a soldier kills a fellow member of their unit, usually their commanding officer. Gotta wonder what Rattrap had in mind for [[Optimus Primal|the Boss Monkey]].
*This is a shortened term for "fragment", as in a bad thing to have happen to your computer's hard drive or anything related to a Transformer's anatomy.
*This term was made popular as an expletive (which would be deemed inoffensive in the "real world") by DC Comics' <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobo_%28DC_Comics%29" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Lobo_(DC_Comics)">Lobo</a>.
*In military slang, {{w|fragging|frag}} is a term for murdering a weak member of one's own troop with a {{w|Hand grenade#variants|fragmentation grenade}}.
*Due to the association fragging has with assassination, frag is often used as another word for just plain killing someone in a video game. This use of the word was popularized by First Person Shooters such as ''{{w|Doom (video game)|Doom}}''.
*This term was made popular as an expletive (which would be deemed inoffensive in [[universal stream]] [[Quadwal -3760.925 Theta]]) by DC Comics' {{w|Lobo (DC Comics)|Lobo}}.


==See Also==
*[[Slag (slang)]]


[[Category:Curses]]
[[Category:Curses]]
[[Category:Interjections]]

Latest revision as of 17:54, 28 August 2018

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Frag is a curse used by Transformers.

Notes

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  • This is a shortened term for "fragment", as in a bad thing to have happen to your computer's hard drive or anything related to a Transformer's anatomy.
  • In military slang, [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}fragging|{{#if:frag|frag|fragging}}]] is a term for murdering a weak member of one's own troop with a [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Hand grenade#variants|{{#if:fragmentation grenade|fragmentation grenade|Hand grenade#variants}}]].
  • Due to the association fragging has with assassination, frag is often used as another word for just plain killing someone in a video game. This use of the word was popularized by First Person Shooters such as [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Doom (video game)|{{#if:Doom|Doom|Doom (video game)}}]].
  • This term was made popular as an expletive (which would be deemed inoffensive in universal stream Quadwal -3760.925 Theta) by DC Comics' [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Lobo (DC Comics)|{{#if:Lobo|Lobo|Lobo (DC Comics)}}]].

See Also

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