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firgun

SOMETIMES I FEEL happy, sometime I feel sad. I never knew I felt firgun. Firgun is the Hebrew word for “the genuine, unselfish delight or pride in the accomplishment of another”.

It describes an emotion for which there is no word in English. It is often described as the opposite feeling to schadenfreude.

I came across firgun from the most unlikely of sources: English Rugby Captain Dylan Hartley. Hartley toasted his team mates’ success in making the British and Irish Lions Squad in a tweet which referenced firgun and my morning was lifted.

In an age which seems defined by bitterness and schadenfreude, where people are built up only to be torn down and where no one is good enough, beautiful enough, popular enough, it seems wonderful that an emotion exists, in each of us, that rows against that inky tide.
Belinda took (firgun)pleasure in Mell's achievement, she felt glad upon learning that Mell had saved herself and the east coast health members of Richards bay.
by Spelling Bee 🐝 October 31, 2021
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Firgin

A Firgin is a Fake Virgin. What a person would say when they don't want to admit they aren't a virgin and have a moral obligation against lying. (to parents, grandparents, people they're dating, etc...)
Shawn: "Erin, I heard you were pregnant"

Erin: "I can't be pregnant, I'm a firgin" (Crosses fingers and hopes he didn't hear the "F")
by kerrtography April 29, 2009
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firginity

Term used to describe whether not a guy has fingered or not. Much like virginity, only with fingering.
guy 1: i lost my firginity last night to jessica :D

guy 2 : nice man!!
by QuantumMuffin December 30, 2009
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Firgin

A french virgin. A frenchman of which will never get past below the neck kissing-
Thomas' bird named Dick gets more chicks than a frigin
He didn't get fuk from Venus, now he aint getting fuk from Nat- My nibba gonna die a firgin
by ViolaticVio December 30, 2018
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firggun

(fur-gunn) A person who abuses and uses abbrivated internet talk such as: Lol, Rofl, WTF, BTW, etc in real life conversations.
"Stop being a total firggun, it's getting annoying"
by Cyfrian January 14, 2008
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firgnagle

this is the action of looking someone in the eyes for too long creating an awkward situation.
we just had a firgnagle of a moment.
by laughatyou. March 11, 2010
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fargunt

I shit so much after eating that fargunt last night.
by mouseys October 18, 2010
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