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語源 1

From 中期英語 frenne, contracted from forrene (“foreign”). See foreign (adjective).

名詞

fren (plural frens)

1. (obsolete) A stranger.
   • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Aprill. Ægloga Quarta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC:

     So now his friend is changed for a fren

参照

• “fren”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

語源 2

名詞

fren (plural frens or frenz)

1. Pronunciation spelling of friend.
   • 1988 February 14, Catherine Joseph, “Girl Talk”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 30, page 7:

     rowdy-rappin w/frens on street corner stumps

2. (Internet slang) A fellow, a friend.

   Antonym: nonfren

3. (alt-right, Internet slang) A fellow white nationalist or fascist, a comrade on the far right.

   Antonym: nonfren

使用する際の注意点

• After gaining popularity online as part of DoggoLingo-style slang, fren later came to prominence on sites such as 4chan and the subreddit /r/frenworld as a dog whistle used by far-right white nationalists and fascists to refer to each other. This use is associated with the Apu Apustaja variation of the meme Pepe the Frog. It has been reinterpreted in this context as standing for “far-right ethno-nationalist” (a backronym).

アナグラム

• nerf, fern, Fern, NeRF