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franger


term used for a condom ,also called a rubber circa 1970's: I'm going to the chemist to get some frangers for Sat night.

Contributor's comments: He carried a franger in his wallet for years.

Contributor's comments: I've definitely heard this word used in Melbourne at school.

Contributor's comments: Definitely in use in Melbourne in early 70s. The 1971 Monash Uni Student Orientation handbook had a cartoon in which the evil villain used a condom ray gun. When fired, the gun emitted the noise "frang... frang... frang... ".

Contributor's comments: Franger was the common term in mid north SA in the 1980's for condom, no other term was ever really used. when I mentioned it to my Sydney boyfriend in the early 90's he fell about laughing as he had never heard it.