Fid

English Etymology 1 From en FIDS Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, a former name of the British Antarctic Survey. Noun en Antarctica slang A British worker with the British Antarctic Survey. en 2024-06-20 Eva Corlett Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/20/fidlets-fingies-and-riding-a-doo-antarctica-english-slang-terms The British use the term “fidlets”, a diminutive of “Fid”, which in turn is an acronym for Falkland Island Dependencies, the former name of the British Antarctic Survey. https://web.archive.org/web/20261013073203/https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/20/fidlets-fingies-and-riding-a-doo-antarctica-english-slang-terms 13 October 2026 Derived terms en Fidlet Etymology 2 From en fid due to its shape. The + Proper noun 1 A mountain peak in Graham Land, Antarctica.