Franger

Origin

Unknown; perhaps an alteration of french letter.

""franger", entry in 2007, Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, %22frangers%22+condom&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jVlVT_ztMs-hiAfe5YXxCw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22franger%22|%22frangers%22%20condom&f=false page 267.

Full definition of franger

Noun

1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A condom.
• 1999, November 4, Egan Blinkhorn, Pirate Pay TV, You have a point.  But on the other hand, I didn't run off and tell mum with a six pack in one hand and an open franger packet in the other.
• 2000, September 22, rhay10, Sydney 2000 -Too sexy for some..... , Ranpaging Roy Slaven & HG Nelson who are comedians of the host broadcaster's Olympic graveyard shift have said that 48,000 of the frangers are for the personal use of the mayor of the Olympic village -  'Richo'.  they claim the rest are for the Cuban team who when they have finished their events are going at it like rabbits.
• 2001, Bryce Courtenay, , %22frangers%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VkZVT_uuCoatiQe_593rCw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22franger%22|%22frangers%22&f=false unnumbered page,The barber would say while he was cutting a grown-up′s hair, ‘Do you need any home supplies, sir?’ which is the secret code for a packet of frangers.
• 7 February 2002, Janine Burgess , Armour against pleasure? Gone are the terms we used in our youth the frenchies, frangers, rubbers, joes, french letters, gumboots, rubbers, johnnies, parachutes and plastic fantastics -- these days they're just condoms.

Derived terms

• foot franger

Synonyms

• dinger Australian slang