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{{WWW High Traffic|date=7 April 2008|url=http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2008/04/8563/battlestar-galactica-he-that-believeth-in-me/|site=North by Northwestern: Battlestar Galactica: “He That Believeth In Me”}}
== About this Article ==
== About this Article ==


I felt that we could keep the tone of the article to a "PG"-ish rating by avoiding the direct use of our real-world counterpart curse, even as a link. There's enough there for the average Joe to know the origin of the word. I also  rewrote the article with better clarify of examples from actual dialogue. The Re-imagined Series is intended for adults, per RDM, but we should make an effort to avoid the use of actual profanity in articles if the phrase(s) do not explicitly appear in aired dialogue (which, in turn, acknowledges acceptance of it for public consumption per broadcast practices and FCC regulations). The use of the term in BSG is so amusing to me that sometimes I think we should classify this page as a Silly Page. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 11:42, 30 December 2005 (EST)
I felt that we could keep the tone of the article to a "PG"-ish rating by avoiding the direct use of our real-world counterpart curse, even as a link. There's enough there for the average Joe to know the origin of the word. I also  rewrote the article with better clarify of examples from actual dialogue. The Re-imagined Series is intended for adults, per RDM, but we should make an effort to avoid the use of actual profanity in articles if the phrase(s) do not explicitly appear in aired dialogue (which, in turn, acknowledges acceptance of it for public consumption per broadcast practices and FCC regulations). The use of the term in BSG is so amusing to me that sometimes I think we should classify this page as a Silly Page. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 11:42, 30 December 2005 (EST)


:Disagree. It is disingenuous ''not'' to mention "Fuck", on which "Frack" is quite obviously based. --[[User:April Arcus|April Arcus]] 11:46, 30 December 2005 (EST)
:Disagree. It is disingenuous ''not'' to mention "Fuck", on which "Frack" is quite obviously based. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 11:46, 30 December 2005 (EST)


:I disagree as well. Meaning is lost by dodging around it. "Frak" has a variety of uses that are immediately clear as a parallel, but "don't care who he fraks" doesn't make sense or convey its meaning without understanding that "frak" stands in for "fuck." --[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]] 12:18, 30 December 2005 (EST)
:I disagree as well. Meaning is lost by dodging around it. "Frak" has a variety of uses that are immediately clear as a parallel, but "don't care who he fraks" doesn't make sense or convey its meaning without understanding that "frak" stands in for "fuck." --[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]] 12:18, 30 December 2005 (EST)
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::Weird...computers work in mysterious ways. --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 08:29, 26 June 2007 (CDT)
::Weird...computers work in mysterious ways. --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 08:29, 26 June 2007 (CDT)
:::Looks like someone forgot to pay the hosting bill :D --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 12:32, 26 June 2007 (CDT)
:::Looks like someone forgot to pay the hosting bill :D --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 12:32, 26 June 2007 (CDT)
== FNG ==
I went through a [http://galacticastation.com/episodes/Transcripts/SE2/215.htm transcript] and can't find "FNG" or something like "frakking new guy". I checked because I couldn't recall this. Could someone check if this is true? Maybe it's misheard. --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 15:33, 24 August 2007 (CDT)
:I never heard it myself, either, but then I've only seen "[[Scar]]" twice and it's been a long time. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 17:30, 24 August 2007 (CDT)
:: It's at roughly 23:10. <s>I'll add it now.</s> -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki &mdash; ''New'']</sup> 18:42, 24 August 2007 (CDT)
:: Scratch the last. It was never removed. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki &mdash; ''New'']</sup> 18:43, 24 August 2007 (CDT)
:::Cool. Seems the transcript missed it. I'll get my DVDs tomorrow :) --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 18:55, 24 August 2007 (CDT)
::::Apparently, [http://www.twiztv.com/scripts/battlestar/season2/galactica-215.htm TwizTV.com didn't]. Hmm. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki &mdash; ''New'']</sup> 18:57, 24 August 2007 (CDT)
:::::I see. It's just that I personally never noticed it. So I'm curious to hear it. --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 19:09, 24 August 2007 (CDT)
::::::Kat slurred the acronym, so it was hard to miss without subtitles.  -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki &mdash; ''New'']</sup> 21:12, 24 August 2007 (CDT)
:::::::Specifically, the quote is, "What happened? He did exactly what you told him to do, Captain. Him and Duck had bingo fuel and a head start home, but instead the FNG turned and attacked. And Scar lit him up like a pinwheel." FNG is, not surprisingly, real-world military slang. Kat pronounces it "foon-ji." --[[User:Slander|Slander]] 14:41, 1 September 2007 (CDT)
:::::::Not so much slurring, but it's really pronounced as one word. Like "asap". That's why I missed it. I never recognized it as acronym, before it was brought up here. --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 17:25, 1 September 2007 (CDT)
::::::::I've never heard it pronounced as a word, just the letters spelled out ... like "VIP", but obviously quite the opposite :) Maybe the actress took a little liberty in making it sound a little Italian-ish (which would seem rather out of place), or she was told to pronounce it that way in the read-through, but just chipping in my 2 cubits ...-- [[User:Fredmdbud|Fredmdbud]] 23:40, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
=="Frakking Toasters" and Jurisprudences of Technology: The Exception, the Subject and Techné in Battlestar Galactica==
Any registered to this site that can tell us whats in this document? http://caliber.ucpress.net/doi/abs/10.1525/lal.2007.19.1.45 --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 13:27, 14 September 2007 (CDT)
: In the off-chance I might be able to get the article, I signed up for an account on the site. However, I am still denied access to it. Apparently, you have to purchase the article. I dunno how much the article is, or if it's even worth getting, but I can (with the proceeds from Amazon.com commissions) buy the article, if it's wanted. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki &mdash; ''New'']</sup> 13:50, 14 September 2007 (CDT)
== SyFy's mention of "clusterfrak" ==
In the article [http://www.syfyportal.com/news424959.html Are Networks Afraid Of The F-Word? Frak, That Is], Mark Stern mentions that they've used "clusterfrak" and "motherfrakker", but I'm not familiar when they actually used the former. Anyone else know or no?--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 23:32, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
: "Clusterfrak" is used in "The Ties That Bind" by Seelix, if I recall correctly. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 23:43, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

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