FWAK

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A FWAK — false wisdom and knowledge — is a bogus FAQ, generally written on the subject of a particular video game for the purpose of humor but sometimes also to deliberately mislead (and often both). The name FWAK is a play on the pronunciation of FAQ (fwack versus fack).

The first use of the term FWAK likely occurred in January 1996 in the Usenet newsgroup alt.games.final-fantasy (AGFF), when a contributor wrote elaborate, complicated, and false instructions for bringing General Leo back to life in Square Co., Ltd.'s computer role-playing game Final Fantasy VI. The concept gained popularity for a time and FWAKs were written for other games such as Final Fantasy VII and Chrono Trigger and posted to AGFF.

Earlier, FWAK was also the name of a Dweezil Zappa song on the 1991 album Confessions. The overlap is coincidence and the usages are unrelated.

[edit] See also

• FAQ
• Usenet
• Infrequently Asked Questions (IAQ)

[edit] References

• FWAK UseNetWiki's Glossary. Retrieved May 7th, 2005

[edit] External links

• FWAK for Chrono Trigger