# Freaked or froken?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaked-or-froken/696880>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 29, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaked-or-froken/696880 "2014-08-29T16:28:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaked-or-froken/696880/21 "2014-08-29T23:20:38Z")

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> [@gigi](#):
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> Then there’s also freeze/froze/frozen…

Good one. I was only looking for “-eak” verbs myself.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaked-or-froken/696880/22 "2014-08-30T05:01:39Z")

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> [@gigi](#):
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> Then there’s also freeze/froze/frozen…

sneeze/snoze/snozen. 🙂

> [@Dr. Seuss from Fox in Sox](#):
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> Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew.  
> While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew.  
> Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze.  
> Freezy trees made these trees’ cheese freeze.  
> That’s what made these three free fleas sneeze.

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**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaked-or-froken/696880/23 "2014-08-30T05:39:06Z")

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The general rule is that a new verb is regularly conjugated, so it’s “freaked” and not “froken.”

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