F-word

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

(euphemistic) The word fuck (or inflected forms like fucking) or fucker..

Definitions by Sense

1. (euphemistic) The word fuck (or inflected forms like fucking) or fucker.
2. (euphemistic) The word fag or faggot.
3. Any word beginning with f that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.
4. (euphemistic) To use vulgarities, especially the word fuck.

Example Sentences

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

The dialogue was littered with f-words.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:f-word.

She has no luck with diets. Don't mention the f-word (by which I mean "fat").

Throughout the program, the “f-word” is not allowed – as in, calling anyone “fat.”

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.

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.

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, […]

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• f-words
• f word
• F word
• F-word
• f-wording
• f-worded

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