1. It was originally a
slang term used in
Ireland to mean either a) "to steal" or b) "to throw".
2. It's also used as a pretty mild swear word in Ireland.
It's used a) to express that you're pissed off or b) to describe somebody who pissed you off.
It's not related to the word '
Fuck', and doesn't have any sexual undertones, so is acceptable for polite company.
3. The characters in the sit-com Father Ted made the use of 'Feck' more popular outside of Ireland, most noticeably in the United Kingdom.
Unlike what a lot of
people think, the scriptwriters did NOT invent 'feck' to get past censors who didn't allow the word '
fuck'. In fact, 'feck' was used as a mild swear word LONG before Father Ted made it famous!
1. a) "They had fecked cash out of the rector's room." - from James
Joyce's 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'.
1. b) "He asked me for a loan of my basketball, so I fecked it across the yard to him."
2. a) Priest: "Ah, feck! I left my keys at home."
Polite Ladies: "That's an awful shame."
2. b). "That bouncer was a right old fecker for not letting us in."
3.
Father Jack: "DRINK! FECK! ARSE!
GIRLS!