sofa king

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English

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Etymology

Punning form of so fucking, popularized after the name of a furniture shop in Northampton.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsəʊfə kɪŋ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsoʊfə kɪŋ/
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Adverb

sofa king (not comparable)

  1. (slang, rare, humorous, nonstandard) Very, extremely.
    • 1999, Diesel Boy, Sofa King Cool (album title).
    • 2006 November, Sophea, “Pen Pals”, in Robert Kirkman, Invincible, number 37, Image Comics, Inc.:
      Kirkman, Ottley, and Crabtree (aka K.O.C.), / Another great character development issue that was Sofa King great and effin’ good.
    • 2010, Avram Mednick, Pattaya Hash:
      “I'm Sofa King lucky!” he thought, as he drifted off.
    • 2010, Jenny Hollowell, Everything Lovely, Effortless, Safe, page 85:
      So fucking beautiful, Jules kept saying and the dictator's grandson repeated after her, trying out the words. Sofa king beautiful, he chanted. Sofa king beautiful.
    • 2011, Arlaina Tibensky, And Then Things Fall Apart:
      “That is sofa king ridiculous, Mom.” “And don't 'sofa king' me, Keek. In the mood for this, I am not.”
    • 2012 February 29, “Sofa King ad banned in UK over F-bomb similarity”, in New York Post:
      The Sofa King said the phrase "Where the Prices are Sofa King Low!" had been the firm's slogan since it began trading nine years ago
    • 2012 March 1, Language Log:
      To me, this all seems sofa king stupid.
    • 2012, New Jersey Newsroom.com, February 10, 2012)
      N.Y. Knicks' Jeremy Lin: Dunks are Sofa King unexpected
    • 2015, Spek Won, Sofa King Amazing (album title).
    • 2019, Andrea Bartz, chapter 6, in The Lost Night, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 91:
      I like him so much it’s embarrassing. I am sitting in my cubicle beaming like an idiot even though I’m super hungover and my hair smells like smoke and I clearly didn’t shower before booking it into work. He is sofa king hot.

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