What does Firkin mean?

[MEE]

I've never come across this word before.

 

[Spike]

It's a small wooden tub used for beer. It's also a measurement, there's about 7 1/2 gallons to a firkin. It's also a chain of english pubs who brew their own beer.

 

[Anonymous]

Bailey is spot on.
The forum origins go back to Legends World of Sport (LWOS) when GavBT started a thread asking for some snazzy name for the 'social bar' section.

Gav being of Welsh extraction and living in Yorkshire, shared my notion that the 'Firkin' chain of British pubs was a good start.

These pubs go by various names with the name 'Firkin' always prominent as if to replace the word 'f**ken'. Thats the joke anyway.

I used to frequent the Firkin chain of pubs in GB during one of my visits there in the 90s. Their latin slogan 'biberandum ad mortum' (I think) adorned their coasters - it translated to: 'drink until you die'.

Anyway, Gav related to this totally and then named the section: 'The Firkin Fun Bar'.
The TFR version is the second in the forums chain.

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

I actually thought it was 'f**king' fun bar with firking being a funny way to say it... How wrong i was.

 

[Anonymous]

I actually thought it was 'f***ing' fun bar with firking being a funny way to say it... How wrong i was.

No you're not wrong. Read back. It was always a play on words and I'm sure that was the intention of the London/GB pub chain. I vaguely recall visting a pub near Holland Park called 'The Firkin Kings Head'.

 

[MR GEORGE]

social thread in other words?

 

[Terminator]

It sounds like a good name for one of my dogs, except it will be'Furkin'.

 

[Paranoid]

It is also a unit of currency used in some 17th century Bavarian States. 8 Firkins were equalivilant to 1 Neusch if I remember correctly !

 

[Zef]

I've never come across this word before.

How about firkwit?

(I just had to say it, surprised no-one beat me to it)

 

[Anonymous]

I've never come across this word before.

How about firkwit?

(I just had to say it, surprised no-one beat me to it)

lol. well when we came up with the name at LWOS, it got a good run. :lol:

 

[DIEHARD]

I actually thought it was 'f***ing' fun bar with firking being a funny way to say it... How wrong i was.

That is exactly what I thought.

 

[Manly Preniers in 2005]

Yep I thought it was too, Firkin only as F.r.i.k.i.n with the I and R swapped around.