f-word en · NOUN
Meanings
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(euphemistic) The word fuck (or inflected forms like fucking) or fucker.
The dialogue was littered with f-words.
Oh, f-word, I've lost the keys.
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(euphemistic) The word fag or faggot.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:f-word.
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The word friends (as opposed to lovers, where a romantic relationship is sought but refused).
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.
2018, Cynthia Dane, Just Friends: A Summer Fling With A Billionaire Heir:"Oh God." Dave sighed. "The 'F' word is low. Low down." "Yep," I said. "Friends. He said, 'We're just Friends.'"
2002, Laurie Notaro, The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club, page 79:
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Any word beginning with f that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.
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.
2023 December 10, Andrea Kane, “5 tips to help you flex your forgiveness muscle”, in CNN: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.”
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
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| F-word | alternative | lexicographic | |
| F word | alternative | lexicographic | |
| f-words | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| f word | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (7)
ru сло́во из трёх букв (euphemism for the equivalent of the word "fuck") · pt c-palavra (euphemism for the equivalent of the word "fuck") · pl słowo na K (euphemism for the equivalent of the word "fuck") · pl słowo na P (euphemism for the equivalent of the word "faggot") · fi v-sana (euphemism for the equivalent of the word "fuck") · de F-Wort (euphemism for the equivalent of the word "fuck") · uk п-слю́р (euphemism for the equivalent of the word "faggot")