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Examples
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And louder than anything, of course, is "Ferengi, ferengi!"
Time travellers 2011
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"Ferengi, ferengi!" shriek the children the word for foreigner.
Time travellers 2011
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DS9 had painful-to-watch romances, not enough action, and the ferengi.
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They always presented the ferengi sp and any desire for money as a negative.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Review of the New Star Trek Movie: 2009
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April 07, 2009 at 09:31 PM no, you're just a ferengi.
'Trek' cast to reunite on 'Family Guy' -- The Live Feed | THR 2009
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In retrospect I came to understand that I was truly a ferengi (foreigner).
The No Bull Campaign 2008
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The authorities are quite accustomed to foreign hunters arriving and leaving with these companies, whereas a couple of ferengi nosing around on their own would have the local military and everybody else down on them like a herd of angry buffalo.,
The Seventh Scroll Smith, Wilbur 1995
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I knew that there were ferengi asking questions at the monastery.
The Seventh Scroll Smith, Wilbur 1995
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They greeted the entrance of the little party of ferengi with cries of welcome and shouts of benediction.
The Seventh Scroll Smith, Wilbur 1995
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They had no inkling of the reason for this second descent into the chasm, but the enthusiasm of the two ferengi was infectious.
The Seventh Scroll Smith, Wilbur 1995
chained_bear commented on the word ferengi
I was in a shoe store one night eons ago, and the clerk was talking to a fellow employee in the back room, and called him/her a ferengi. I laughed my ass off. What a fantastic name to call someone--it's the kind of word that feels good to say with spite, even if you're not really mad.
October 18, 2007
colleen commented on the word ferengi
Originally it's a Persian name for white people -- feringhee or farangi. It was used in India as a slur for English people up to a point as well.
October 18, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word ferengi
I didn't know that. Neat! I guess that explains why it's fun to say with spite... Which is not to say spit... but who am I to judge.
October 18, 2007
colleen commented on the word ferengi
Well, you COULD spit it at people! To each their own. :D
October 18, 2007
seanahan commented on the word ferengi
This has gone for 4 posts without a reference to Quark, and I find that unacceptable.
October 18, 2007