# Fap
'Fap' is an onomatopoeic internet slang word for male masturbation that started in Clay's Sexy Losers webcomic on April 28th, 1999. The term spread through Urban Dictionary entries, YTMND pages, and forum culture in the early 2000s, settling in as a standard piece of online adult-humor vocabulary.
## Overview
'Fap' is an onomatopoeic word used online for the sound of male masturbation, functioning as both a verb ('to fap') and a standalone interjection[1]. It shows up across image macros, forum threads, YTMND pages, and adult-humor sites, and picked up a matching female counterpart, 'schlick,' after an anonymous Urban Dictionary entry posted on April 12th, 2003[2].
The sound effect mimics the rhythmic skin-on-skin noise found in Japanese manga, where onomatopoeia covers a wider range of everyday sounds than English comics tend to include[1]. Though 'fap' started in a single webcomic panel, it moved past its source strip and settled in as standard internet vocabulary, later stamped onto adult platforms like ImageFap and FileFap[1].
## How It Spread
By 2001, 'fap' turned up in Ghastly's Comic, and in 2002 separate definitions for 'fap' and 'fapping' were submitted to Urban Dictionary[2]. The onomatopoeia was written up again in 2003 as part of a General Mayhem FAQ thread, showing it circulating in forum culture[2].
On May 1st, 2004, YTMND user Smobey uploaded the 'Fap Fap Fap' page, which kicked off more than 240 related YTMNDs, including one called 'YTMND's Daily Fap Average'[3]. The Urban Dictionary entry for 'fap' ran as the site's Urban Word of the Day on September 8th, 2007[2]. Adult sites picked up the word for their branding too, with ImageFap launching in 2006 and FileFap in 2008[3].
Comedy sites kept the term in rotation through the early 2010s. On June 24th, 2011, Smosh published a roundup of fap-related image macros, and on February 9th, 2012, the Machinima YouTube channel uploaded 'Top 10 Games to Fap To,' which pulled in over 1.66 million views in its first two years before being taken down. On July 17th, 2012, YouTuber shooterwilliamson posted 'How to Fap,' a satirical clip about masturbating in public that pulled over 620,000 views within eleven months[4].
## How to Use
The word typically shows up written as 'fap' or repeated for effect ('fap fap fap') under attractive images on message boards, image boards, and comment sections. Common conventions include the verb form ('I'm fapping to this') and reaction-style posts pairing the sound with a photo, GIF, or video the poster finds arousing. Users often extend the joke with the female-equivalent 'schlick' in similar contexts.
## Frequently Asked Questions
### What is Fap?
'Fap' is onomatopoeic internet slang for the sound of male masturbation, used as both a verb and a reaction tag on message boards and image boards[2].
### Where did Fap come from?
The word first appeared in Clay's Sexy Losers webcomic strip 'Video Girl Etchi,' published on April 28th, 1999, where 'FAP' was the sound effect for a character masturbating in bed[1].
### What does Fap mean?
It represents the rhythmic skin-on-skin sound of male masturbation, borrowed from the VIZ English translation of Masahiko Kikuni's manga Heartbroken Angels[1].
### How do you use Fap?
People type 'fap' or 'fap fap fap' as a reaction to attractive images and use 'fapping' as a slang verb for masturbation in forum posts and image macros[2].
### Is Fap still popular?
The word became embedded in online adult humor through the 2000s and 2010s, and lives on through adult sites like ImageFap and FileFap that took the term for their branding[3].
## References
1. [https://www.sexylosers.com/comic/003/]()
2. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Fap]()
3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/fap]()
4. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkXSBW3tH5c]()
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