f-word

f-word

See also: f word and F word

English

Alternative forms

• f word
• F word
• F-word

Noun

f-word (plural f-words)

1. (euphemistic) The word fuck or fucker, fag, or faggot.

   Oh, f-word, I've lost the keys.

   The dialogue was littered with f-words.

2. 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").

Translations

euphemism for the equivalent of the word "fuck"

Finnish: v-sana German: F-Wort n

Polish: słowo na K n Russian: сло́во из трёх букв (ru) n (slóvo iz trjóx bukv) (three-letter word ("хуй"))

Verb

f-word (third-person singular simple present f-words, present participle f-wording, simple past and past participle f-worded)

1. (euphemistic) To use vulgarities, especially the word fuck.
   • 2010, Alan L. Greenberg, Confessions of a Government Man: How to Succeed in Any Bureaucracy, →ISBN, page 142:

     Her plain-Jane appearance lulled the Secret Service representatives for a while but it wasn't long before she out f-worded them and became the assertive one in this space chase, […]

See also

• f-bomb
• eff
• effing
• (‘x’-word euphemisms) a-word, b-word, c-word, d-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, v-word, w-word; see also C-bomb, f-bomb, L-bomb, n-bomb