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14 November 2008

Farding? Am I the only person who has NEVER heard of this term before?

post by: JanetLand at: 10:54 | 22 comments

Nope. Count me among the ignorant.

posted by Stewriffic 14 November | 10:54

I've never heard of it either.

posted by essexjan 14 November | 10:57

Nope.

posted by danf 14 November | 10:59

That's a relief.

posted by JanetLand 14 November | 11:00

"Gentlemen, where are your lovely wives this evening?"

"At the moment, they're upstairs in the powder room, farding up each other's faces."

posted by Atom Eyes 14 November | 11:12

So would one who overfarded be a candidate for a make-under?

posted by BitterOldPunk 14 November | 11:15

Never heard of it. Under what context did it come up?

posted by msali 14 November | 11:22

Never heard it.

posted by CitrusFreak12 14 November | 11:28

Nope, and I have a rather large vocabulary.

posted by muddgirl 14 November | 11:30

Never, and I have a rather small vocabulary.

posted by LoriFLA 14 November | 11:35

I recognise the French word but have never heard it used in English...

posted by altolinguistic 14 November | 12:03

Wow, Janet, what kind of circles have you been hanging in? I've never encountered this before, though I do vaguely recall something like this in French. It makes more sense when you pronounce it with a French accent. Elle Fahhhhhhhhhh

posted by pieisexactlythree 14 November | 12:07

Now I know what someone means if they ask to fard on my nose.

posted by Ardiril 14 November | 12:11

Oh, someone wanted to use it in a document here, and for our particular documents, it's not a good idea to use a word that nobody knows, but I wanted to make sure that it really isn't common or well-known. Plus which the potential for puns . . . . egad.

posted by JanetLand 14 November | 13:31

I only fard up my face on special occasions.

posted by Specklet 14 November | 13:41

I've never heard it, and I'm an editor and I think I know all the cool obscure words (I definitely don't though).

posted by rmless2 14 November | 14:51

I have seen it before, but then my vocabulary is about five times as large as the average person's no, I'm not kidding.

A quick search finds it may be obscure but has re-emerged to describe doing make-up in public, esp. in cars or trains. News story.

posted by stilicho 14 November | 15:09

Put me in the "never" camp. What an ugly word.

posted by rhapsodie 14 November | 17:54

I never heard it, and I don't like it, but next time I'm running late for something and The Boyfriend seems impatient I'll tell him I have to finish farding before we can go.

posted by brina 14 November | 18:55

Nope, never heard of it, and I agree with rhapsodie - it's an ugly word for a beautifying procedure.

posted by redvixen 14 November | 20:20

There's Farder Coram in His Dark Materials, but I've never heard of "fard".

posted by lukemeister 14 November | 22:55

I thought of "Who would these fardels bear?" but turns out that's from a different root. Never heard of farding.

posted by ikkyu2 16 November | 01:44

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