Dumb generational question
Friday, January 2, 2009 by jpmurph1 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Ok here goes, about a month and a half ago, i purchases an Intel DX58SO motherboard, and you know how they come will all that literature and advertisements, well it came with this tag you hang on your doorknob(like at a hotel do not disturb) and on this tag it says "Entry at Risk Fraggers Only" this has been killing me, and now i got the nerve to post it here and find out what the hell isa fragger, thanx in advance, PS i have no young kids around to ask this which i am sure know the answer well
Reply #2 Friday, January 2, 2009 8:55 AM
thanks doc, i kinda thought that, but i am one of those people that even though i think that is what it is, a little reassurance goes a long way (in other words a second opinion) every now and then i get these reminders that being in my 20's was a very long time ago
Reply #3 Friday, January 2, 2009 9:06 AM
Reply #4 Friday, January 2, 2009 9:25 PM
Ok thanks, it was just driving me crazy, i kind of figured it was a gaming thing, i dont play any shoot em up games, just Madden NFL, and i swore i would never be as uninformed and naive like my parents
Reply #5 Friday, January 2, 2009 9:38 PM
jmurph1....we're there already, but at least we're trying to keep up.
My boy works in IT...so I feel like an idiot when it comes to computing, but...
when he's sick, I realize how much he doesn't know...LOL, So I guess it all balances out in the end,
and it's all good.
Remember how we used to let them win? Now there's no effort involved.... 
Reply #6 Friday, January 2, 2009 9:40 PM
fragged = you have been killed in an lan/online fps(mainly) game
fragger = you are a online "killer".. i guess it would be
I know it well from my Quake days, Gibbing is better than fragging, more carnage
especially with a rocket launcher to the head
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Reply #1 Friday, January 2, 2009 8:51 AM
The original reference is probably to the Viet Nam war era. A Frag was short for a "Fragmentation Grenade". "To Frag" someone meant to use a fragmentation grenade on him.
I assume it has a similar meaning in this context...ie "flamer' or something close. The Wiki didn't have anything.
The popular Online Dictionary writes:
tr.v. fragged, frag·ging, frags
To wound or kill (a fellow soldier) by throwing a grenade or similar explosive at the victim: "He got fragged. Blown away" Bobbie Ann Mason.
Hope this helps...