f-word
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Noun
- (euphemistic) The word fuck (or inflected forms like fucking) or fucker.
- Synonym: f-bomb
- Oh, f-word, I've lost the keys.
- The dialogue was littered with f-words.
- (euphemistic) The word fag or faggot.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:f-word.
- Any word beginning with f that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.
- She has no luck with diets. Don't mention the f-word (by which I mean "fat").
- 2018, Cynthia Dane, Just Friends: A Summer Fling With A Billionaire Heir:
- Zack wouldn't say the F word. Not... forever. It was too soon to say that. He may be open to a serious relationship again, but he still needed to protect his heart in other ways.
- 2023 December 10, Andrea Kane, “5 tips to help you flex your forgiveness muscle”, in CNN:
- If the incident in question causes you continued distress and negatively impacts your life, that’s where the f-word — forgiveness — may have a role to play, said psychologist Robert Enright, a pioneer in the field of forgiveness science and professor of educational psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- 2024, Anna Mulrine Grobe and Alfredo Sosa, No pushups? No problem. The Army builds a steppingstone to boot camp., in: The Christian Science Monitor, September 10 2024
- Throughout the program, the “f-word” is not allowed – as in, calling anyone “fat.”
Translations
euphemism for the equivalent of the word "fuck"
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euphemism for the equivalent of the word "faggot"
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Verb
f-word (third-person singular simple present f-words, present participle f-wording, simple past and past participle f-worded)
- (euphemistic) To use vulgarities, especially the word fuck.
See also
- f-bomb
- eff
- effing
- (‘x’-word euphemisms) a-word, b-word, c-word, d-word, e-word, f-word, g-word / G-word, h-word, i-word, j-word, k-word, l-word, m-word, n-word, o-word, p-word, q-word / Q-word, r-word, s-word, t-word, u-word, v-word, w-word, x-word, y-word, z-word; related terms C-bomb, f-bomb, f-slur, L-bomb, n-bomb, Q-slur, r-slur