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foxtrot oscar en · VERB

Etymology

From Foxtrot and Oscar, denoting the initials of fuck off in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

Meanings

  1. (euphemistic, humorous, slang) To fuck off.
    • Sleeping rough after a heavy night is not a major priority to most of the local residents on any big city streets. He wasn't causing offence; if anything he was not cooperating with the crew, waking up and telling them to ‘foxtrot oscar’. 2012, Sarah Fellows, Bob Fellows, Paramedics: From Street To Emergency Department: Case Book, McGraw-Hill Education, Open University Press, →ISBN, page 41:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
foxtrot oscaring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
foxtrot oscars Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
foxtrot oscared Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
foxtrot oscared Tense=Past lexicographic