# Fritz equal 💩 what's the origin of that slang?

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**Created:** [October 22, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fritz-equal-whats-the-origin-of-that-slang/953002 "2021-10-22T15:40:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![filmstar-en](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@filmstar-en](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmstar-en)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fritz-equal-whats-the-origin-of-that-slang/953002/21 "2021-10-23T10:19:21Z")

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My German router is called a Fritzbox. It generally behaves itself and does its job in a reliable manner. Which is more than can be said for various other appliances hereabouts. The word fritz has a positive association.

Dog owners are quite good at inventing euphemisms for the not so cute behaviour of their pets.

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**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fritz-equal-whats-the-origin-of-that-slang/953002/22 "2021-10-23T11:40:29Z")

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There’s also Deep Fritz, a series of chess-playing software made by a German company. To my knowledge it’s unrelated to the FRITZ!box brand of wifi routers.

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