Other Uses
"Frak!" was the title of a popular game released on the BBC Micro B and Acorn Electron, and later the Commodore 64. The game saw the user controlling a caveman called Trogg, who had to navigate various maze-like scenarios and dispose of various deadly obstacles with his yo-yo. When coming into contact with such an obstacle or falling a substantial distance, Trogg would cry "Frak!" (via a speech balloon that appeared over his head) before the user restarting the level.
"Frak" is used in the same sense as in Battlestar by characters in the early 21st century "Ciaphas Cain" series of Games Workshop Warhammer 40,000 novels by Sandy Mitchell, probably an expression from the character's unknown birth world.
Fräck (spelled with the umlaut 'ä') is also the product name of a shaving mirror produced by IKEA, a multinational home products retailer. Most IKEA product names are in Swedish, and fräck is the Swedish word for audacious, shameless or bold (while frack, without ä, would translate to tailcoat). In the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series, a mirror of this type is installed in the cabin of William Adama.
The word is also a direct Battlestar Galactica reference in the Periphery song "Frak the Gods."
One of the hosts of the Harry Potter podcast PotterCast, Frankie Franco III, usually goes by the nickname Frak.
Lastly, Frak (Alex Fraknoi) is a hip-hop artist from San Francisco. He has released an album, "Real Talk," which has received 30,000+ listens on the internet, and was produced by Nicky C with a feature from George Watsky. (Listen to Real Talk here: http://frak.bandcamp.com/album/real-talk-2).
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