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“Unf” is quite widely used as a spelling of a moan, to express sexual desire or gratification. While it can be used to express non-sexual enjoyment, the sexual
by evincarofautumn 12y ago
“Unf” is quite widely used as a spelling of a moan, to express sexual desire or gratification. While it can be used to express non-sexual enjoyment, the sexual connotation it evokes is just unnecessary when it comes to a programming language, regardless of the original intent.
- a_c_s 12y agoWhile I've never seen this use personally, UrbanDictionary very strongly corroborates this. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=unf http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=unf
- evincarofautumn 12y agoIt’s worth noting that “universal noise of fucking” is a backronym—the word was originally onomatopoeic.
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y agoIt is, still, but urbandictionary users like making inaccurate definitions as an attempt at "humour"
- david-given 12y agoAs an counter datapoint, this is the first time I have ever heard of this.
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y agoPerhaps as "umph" or "umf"? No?
- david-given 12y agoNo, not even slightly. FWIW, I grew up in Scotland, then moved to England, so I'm probably from a rather different cultural background than the poster.
- iagooar 12y agoAs a non-native speaker, I have seen "umph" before.