frick
By anders pearson 27 Jul 2003
tim bray <a href=”http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/07/26/NastyNeologo”>wonders about the origin of the word ‘frick’</a>:
Perhaps its an obvious variation of frigging, but one doesnt feel the need in the English-language ecosystem for such a variation, and words dont typically get any traction unless they meet some need, if only for novelty. Admittedly, in a spoken diatribe, fricking sounds a bit more percussive; is that enough? Interestingly, frigging is almost always slurred into friggin, while in fricking the -ing is sounded out fully.
i think it’s basically ‘frigging’ pronounced with a faux scottish accent. at least in my experience, it first came into popular use in the US in the early to mid 90’s because of the SNL skit with Mike Myers about the scottish store. you know, “we have three sizes: wee, not so wee, and FRICKIN HUGE!” it seems to have had a resurgence lately, i think because of the Austin Powers movies. so i think we can safely blame Mike Myers.