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- "You're crooked as a kriffing Hutt!"
"Off the field, 23! Or I'll have you suspended!" - ―Beck Ollet and a grav-ball referee
Kriff[2] was a vulgar expletive.[1]
Variants of the word included:
- Kriffed, meaning that something was broken or in a bad situation, e.g. "this place is royally kriffed, and we are getting kriffed right along with it."[3]
- Kriffer, referring to a contemptible person.[3]
- Kriffing or kriffin', used to emphazise a statement.[1]
- Kriff it[4][5] and kriff it all were used for showing anger.[6]
- Kriff off was a rude way of dismissing someone.[7]
- The kriff out of, used for emphasis, e.g. "maul of the kriff out of," meaning to maul someone severely.[8]
- Kriff this: Expression of disdain and rejection of something.[9]
- Kriff up referred to mishandling a situation; to act foolishly.[10]
Phrases that used the word included:
- For kriff's sake, used to express frustration.[11]
- Holy kriff, used to express shock.[12]
- Kriffin' hells, an exclamation of great surprise.[13]
- Thank kriff, an expression of relief.[14]
- Whatever the kriff, a way of saying "whatever."[15]
- What the kriffing hells, used to show anger.[16]
- What/why the kriff, used to express disbelief.[17][5]
Behind the scenes[]
The term "kriffing" first appeared in the Legends novel Vision of the Future, written by Timothy Zahn.[18] Fellow Star Wars author Abel G. Peña believes that Zahn created the word by reversing the "f" and the "k" from the term "fricking," which is a mincing of "fuck."[19]
Appearances[]
Sources[]
Karabast! 7 Galactic Slang Terms for Everyday Use on StarWars.com (original link is obsolete)- Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Servants of the Empire: Edge of the Galaxy
- ↑ Last Shot
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The High Republic: The Fallen Star
- ↑ Jango Fett 2
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bounty Hunters 24
- ↑ Darth Vader (2020) 23
- ↑ "There Is Always Another" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back
- ↑ "Born in the Storm" — From a Certain Point of View
- ↑ Bounty Hunters 42
- ↑ The High Republic (2021) 8
- ↑ Bounty Hunters 19
- ↑ The High Republic: Tempest Runner script
- ↑ Jango Fett 4
- ↑ The High Republic (2021) 15
- ↑ The High Republic (2021) 6
- ↑ Bounty Hunters 12
- ↑ The High Republic (2022) 10
- ↑ Vision of the Future
- ↑
The Official Abel G. Peña Thread (Halagad Approved) on the StarWars.com Message Boards (October 13, 2006): "I think Tim Zahn just reversed the k and f on the popular F-bomb substitute "frikkin."" (original site is defunct)