what means "to fong"?

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Hagen Lundstrom - 08 Dec 2003 19:38 GMT

Hi folks!

I'm a german guy! I've seen the movie "A Knights Tale". In the scene
with the naked Geoffrey Chaucer and Wat. The dialogue (I've checked the
words by reading the subtitles) goes something like this: "Betray us,
and I will fong you until your insides are out, your outsides are
in...". I'd like to know the meaning of the word "fong". I haven't found
a translation or definition yet. It doesn't seem to be in any
dictionary. Is it some old word or what? Maybe the guy who wrote the
subtitles got something wrong? Please help! Thank you!

Greetings,
Hagen

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John Ings - 08 Dec 2003 19:55 GMT

>Hi folks!
>
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>dictionary. Is it some old word or what? Maybe the guy who wrote the
>subtitles got something wrong? Please help! Thank you!

From a webpage review of the movie at
http://www.ciao.co.uk/A_Knights_Tale__Review_5144889/SortOrder/4

"Mark Addy plays virtually the same character as in "The Full Monty",
as sidekick Roland. Alan Tudyk plays Wat as a man with barely
contained anger management issues, with great verve and real feeling
as he threatens to fong everyone in sight (nope, I have no idea what
fonging involves, either). "

I suspect it's a word made up by the script writers of the movie,
unless it's a new slang term I haven't heard about.

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mUs1Ka - 08 Dec 2003 19:58 GMT

> Hi folks!
>
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> dictionary. Is it some old word or what? Maybe the guy who wrote the
> subtitles got something wrong? Please help! Thank you!

It literally means 'take' - Chaucer uses it in the sense of 'f.ck'. The
filmmakers say that it means 'kick', but that is a copout.
m.

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what means "to fong"?