ఫసక్

Telugu

FWOTD – 24 October 2021

Etymology

From a 2018 interview where Telugu film actor Mohan Babu recalled a dialogue in Telugu where he acted as a villain ordering a hitman to kill his wife and translated it into English; he concluded the dialogue with "Don’t kill so many [sic; actually referring to the number of stabs] like this. Only once. Fasak!", with the last word being an ad-lib that was not present in the original dialogue (possibly being onomatopoeia for chopping or hacking a person). The interview subsequently went viral on the Internet and the word was popularized.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pʰasak]

Interjection

ఫసక్ • (phasak)

(slang) a somewhat nonsensical expression; usually used in a similar sense to finish or in one fell swoop as a euphemism for killing or destroying something
- 2019 September 22, Praveen Kumar Vadla, “మళ్లీ ఇప్పుడు ఫసక్ డైలాగ్ కూతురుతో చెప్పించాడు బన్నీ.”, in News18 Telugu‎:
  ఓన్లీ వన్స్ ఫసక్ అంటూ మోహన్ బాబు చెప్పిన డైలాగును నేర్పించిన బన్నీ..
  ōnlī vans phasak aṇṭū mōhan bābu ceppina ḍailāgunu nērpiñcina bannī..
  Once again, he [Allu Arjun] delivered the Finish! dialogue with his daughter.
- 2020 September 6, “చైనా ఆశలు రెండుగంటల్లోనే ఫసక్‌..!”, in Eenadu:
  చైనా ఆశలు రెండుగంటల్లోనే ఫసక్‌..!
  cainā āśalu reṇḍugaṇṭallōnē phasak‌..!
  In two hours, China's hopes were completely dashed!
- 2021 September 10, “నాని 'టక్ జగదీష్' మూవీ రివ్యూ”, in Asianet News‎:
  అందుకోసం అవసరం అయితే ఫ్యామిలీని ఫసక్ చేసేద్దామనుకుంటాడు.
  andukōsaṁ avasaraṁ ayitē phyāmilīni phasak cēsēddāmanukuṇṭāḍu.
  He is willing to "finish" (destroy) the family if necessary.

References

“Fasak! It’s trending and only actor Mohan Babu can say what the word means”, in The Times of India‎, 2018-09-04, retrieved 2021-10-04

[1] “Fasak! It’s trending and only actor Mohan Babu can say what the word means”, in The Times of India‎, 2018-09-04, retrieved 2021-10-04