Dictionary

fsck en · INTJ

Pronunciation

• [ɸ͡sk]
• /fʌsk/
• [f͡s̪k]
• (US) audio
• [ɸ͡s̪k]
• /f͡sk/
• /f(ə)sk/

Etymology

Abbreviation of file system check in imitation of fuck.

Meanings

1. (Internet, euphemistic, vulgar) Fuck.
   • What the fsck are you on? 2002, Lev Lafayette, “Re: "We are all Africans under the Skin"”, in alt.politics.nationalism.white (Usenet):
   • 2003, Agelmar, Re: SSH problem, alt.roundtable, http://groups.google.com/group/alt.roundtable/msg/789b5801baee1417?dmode=source At least I know what the fsck is going on with Slack...
   • At some point in your Linux career you should ask yourself: "If there are 3.4 million successful, happy Mandrake users...what the fsck is wrong with me?" 2002, David D. Huff Jr., “Re: Mandrake 8.2 Musings”, in alt.os.linux.mandrake (Usenet):

fsck en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ɸ͡sk]
• /fʌsk/
• [f͡s̪k]
• (US) audio
• [ɸ͡s̪k]
• /f͡sk/
• /f(ə)sk/

Etymology

Abbreviation of file system check in imitation of fuck.

Meanings

1. A *nix file system check to detect damage to, or corruption of, files or filesystem structures.

Forms

fsck en · VERB

Pronunciation

• [ɸ͡sk]
• /fʌsk/
• [f͡s̪k]
• (US) audio
• [ɸ͡s̪k]
• /f͡sk/
• /f(ə)sk/

Etymology

Abbreviation of file system check in imitation of fuck.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To run fsck on; to perform a fsck on.

Forms

Deriveds

unfsckable