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felgercarb 

Felgercarb! A space aged swearword, originally from Balltestar Galactica back in the 70's. I've been saying it since about 1980. I bet we hear it in the new Battlestar Galactica movie.
Oh Felgercarb! I think another one of those singing cylons is on my 6. No wait, that's Lipps, Inc., singing funkytown!
felgercarb by Endorpheus January 2, 2005
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Feldercarb 

An expletive used by the characters of Battlestar Galactica that refers to the putrid and crusty black grime that would accumulate on various pieces of machinery and required scraping off during maintenance. Possibly Battlestar-speak for bullshit.
"The XO wants a full report from you about the fight in the mess hall on his desk by morning."
"Hey, I spent all night confined to quarters already, and Tyrol was out of the infirmary in a couple hours. This is a load of feldercarb."
Feldercarb by redhex September 8, 2006

feldergarb 

An alternate spelling of felgercarb.. A euphemism for "crap" in the Colonial vernacular; also used to mean garbage or nonsense. This word originated in the Science Fiction series Battlestar Galactica (1978) and was one of the expletives created to get swearing past the censors.
Starbuck: You certainly have a way of cutting through the feldergarb.
feldergarb by catdeville December 21, 2014

Feldercarb 

Bullshit. Originated on the original "Battlestar Galactica" program.
"Read what the Sci-Fi Channel has planned for the 'Battlestar Galactica' revival? Man, what a load of FELDERCARB!"
Feldercarb by Doc Evil July 24, 2003

feldergarb 

Means nonsense, garbage, or rubbish. Used in the rural southern US and Kentucky.
That's a load of feldergarb!
feldergarb by K G November 17, 2006
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
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