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* This is most likely a shortened term for "fragment", as in a bad thing to have happen to your computer's hard drive. | * This is most likely a shortened term for "fragment", as in a bad thing to have happen to your computer's hard drive. | ||
* In military slang, [[wikipedia:fragging|frag]] is a | * In military slang, [[wikipedia:fragging|frag]] is a term for murdering a weak member of one's own troop with a [[wikipedia:fragmentation grenade|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 [[wikipedia:Doom_(video_game)|Doom]]. | * 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:Doom_(video_game)|Doom]]. | ||
* This term was made popular as an expletive (which would be deemed inoffensive in the "real world") by DC Comics' [[wikipedia:Lobo_(DC_Comics)|Lobo]]. | * This term was made popular as an expletive (which would be deemed inoffensive in the "real world") by DC Comics' [[wikipedia:Lobo_(DC_Comics)|Lobo]]. | ||
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Oh, no. Frag this! I am busting you outta here!Rattrap to a dying Botanica, "Endgame Pt. I: The Downward Spiral""
Frag is a curse used by Transformers.
Notes
- This is most likely a shortened term for "fragment", as in a bad thing to have happen to your computer's hard drive.
- In military slang, frag is a term for murdering a weak member of one's own troop with a 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 Doom.
- This term was made popular as an expletive (which would be deemed inoffensive in the "real world") by DC Comics' Lobo.
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