Frotz

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Parts of this article are based on the Jargon File, v. 4.4.7,
a public domain document of hacker jargon.

frotz

/frots/
Usage: n.

See Also: frobnitz

frotz: /frots/ n.

n. See frobnitz.
mumble frotz: An interjection of mildest disgust. The word `frotzen' is live in this sense in some eastern German dialects; the safe bet is that it came to hackers via Yiddish.

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Sources

Source: frotz, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.

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