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Re:Professor suspended for saying 那个 nà ge by anonu on Monday September 07, 2020 @02:17PM (#24401328)
"nique" or "niquer" in French is pretty interesting... It's actually an Arabic swear word meaning the same thing.
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Re:Professor suspended for saying 那个 nà ge by himinlomax on Monday September 07, 2020 @04:26PM (#24402507)
I doubt « forniquer » is Arabic.
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Re:Professor suspended for saying 那个 nà ge by anonu on Monday September 07, 2020 @04:51PM (#24402740)
It's not. I'm also not sure what your point is.

https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/niquer

Here's a definitive source... The word originated from French military slang in 1918 from Algeria. Something about getting shot in the back. The abbreviations in the etymology section of the page are hard to make out

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