About
Fap (v., to fap) is internet slang for masturbation. While the initial usage of “fap” was strictly limited to describing male masturbation amongst bros, the term has since become synonymous with act of masturbation as whole, regardless of gender. Nevertheless, a female version of the slang exists as shliking.
Origin
“Fap” is one of many onomatopoeic words often used in Manga to depict the specific sound of a character masturbating. While it’s difficult to trace back when and which manga was the first to use it, one of the earliest online transcriptions of the word “fap” can be found in the Sexy Losers webcomic.
On April 28th 1999, “Hard” (the first nickname of the comic’s creator, “Clay”) published the third Sexy Losers strip entitled Video Girl Etchi 1[1]. As mentioned at the end of the work, it is a comic parody of one of the scenes from Video Girl Ai, a manga series by Masakazu Katsura, released between 1990 and 1993.
According to a Tumblr post from July 12th 2011 by Clay himself[8], he was inspired by a Masahiko Kikuni’s Heartbroken Angels comic strip depicting God masturbating when searching for a sound representing masturbation in his own strip.
Spread
In 2001, “fap” appeared again in another webcomic, Ghastly’s Comic[2].
“Buck Cake” is to Ghastly’s Ghastly Comic what “Fap” is to Sexy Losers.
Buck Cake, here, is a pun on the Japanese word “bukkake,” a sexual fetish.
By 2002, Fap[3] as well as Fapping[4] appeared on Urban Dictionary. The earliest entry for fap was even the “Urban Word of the Day” in September 8th 2007.
By 2003, the onomatopoeia was again defined as part of the General Mayhem FAQ
What is “fapping?”
The sound made while masturbating. Guys fap. Girls paf or “squish.”
In the past decade, fap has become popular with porn sites, such as ImageFap created in 2006 and FileFap in 2008. There are over 450 Facebook page results. It has entries on Wikitionary[6] and the Online Slang Dictionary[7]. There is even a Should You Fap To It flowchart on Holy Taco.
Y.T.M.N.D
Starting the 1st of May 2004 with Fap Fap Fap by user Smobey, over 240 YTMNDs (Warning: NSFW content ahead) related to the term would be made. The top five currently all have over 21,000 views, including YTMND’s Daily Fap Average.
Shlick or Shlicking
Schlick, or schlicking, is the sound supposedly made when a girl/woman masturbates. Urban Dictionary has recorded its usage as a slang since 2003.
I (can/can’t) fap to this
I can/can’t fap to this is a slang and a series of image macros for pictures and videos that one finds either enjoyable or just plain disgusting. Also often used as “I find this easy/difficult to maturbate to.”
No-fap marathons
No fap marathons (either in weeks, months, years or sometimes decades) are challenges involving people holding on masturbating for a token amount of time.