May 15, 2003

frotz

/frots/

1. n. See frobnitz.

2. 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.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:46 AM

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