Fink, the word!

Lord it had been a long time since I heard the very popular 1960's? frequently used word. Here's my question, was fink introduced to us by the mad genius who punlished Mad Magazine?

Fink was one, "What are you Rare" was another one............

chewingthefat


Lord it had been a long time since I heard the very popular 1960's? frequently used word. Here's my question, was fink introduced to us by the mad genius who punlished Mad Magazine?

Hell no!
Origin:
1900–05, Americanism ; compared with German Fink  literally, finch, colloquial epithet for an undesirable person, especially an untidy or loose-living one (often in compounds, as Duckfink  sycophant, Schmierfink  untidy writer); but the transmission of this word to E and the range of meanings of the E word have not been clarified fully

I have a Ed "Big Daddy" Roth Rat Fink sitting on the shelf behind me.  I've used the word fink since the '60s.
 
It's cool.

Yup, that's what I remember with Roth and the car/hot rod magazines. A couple of years ago my mate and I were looking at semi-recumbant bikes for low stress peddling. One of the companies that makes them had a line of retro cruizers like schwinn used to make that they licensed the Rat Fink character from Roth or whoever holds the copyright.
 
There used to be a realtor that shared the same building as my optometrist with Fink as her last name. Otherwise the only way I remember the word being used as someone who was either a snitch or a back stabber.
 
 

Michael Hoffman

chewingthefat


Lord it had been a long time since I heard the very popular 1960's? frequently used word. Here's my question, was fink introduced to us by the mad genius who punlished Mad Magazine?

Hell no!
Origin:
1900–05, Americanism ; compared with German Fink  literally, finch, colloquial epithet for an undesirable person, especially an untidy or loose-living one (often in compounds, as Duckfink  sycophant, Schmierfink  untidy writer); but the transmission of this word to E and the range of meanings of the E word have not been clarified fully

Yep, that's what I thought, sort of a gut feeling!
Truth be known, it should be Vink, starts with a V and Has some German in there like ozz, in German ink translates to ozz, your on to something here Herr Hoffman!

There's a little town named Fink, TX founded by Fred Fink.  Just about the only things there are a motel and liquor store.

I was going to just say, Chewy, last time I heard "fink" was in either MAD magazine or really old "B.C." comics.

I just realized in the wrong "Discussion Board", sorry, my plumber is J C Fink! LOL, I forgot that tiil now

mar52


I have a Ed "Big Daddy" Roth Rat Fink sitting on the shelf behind me.  I've used the word fink since the '60s.

It's cool.

 
Big Daddy Roth was way cool. Still have any models?

I have the Rat Fink model which I painted.  It's tail is somewhere on my desk.

Fink is my sainted, late grandmother's maiden name. So I am, quite literally, 1/4 Fink.

A fink is one who crosses a picket line - a strike breaker. But, by extension is anyone who is a double crosser, one who rats to the authorities, betrays his fellows workers, or is generally untrustworthy.
 
Cheers, John