f-word

noun, verb — 5 senses

f-word

noun

1

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

Oh, f-word, I've lost the keys.
The dialogue was littered with f-words.

2

Euphemistic The word fag or faggot.

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

3

The word friends (as opposed to lovers, where a romantic relationship is sought but refused).

"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)
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:

4

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").
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:

1 more example

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

f-word

verb

1

Euphemistic To use vulgarities, especially the word fuck.

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, […]2010, Alan L. Greenberg, Confessions of a Government Man: How to Succeed in Any Bureaucracy, →ISBN, page 142:

Related terms: 36 terms
f-bomb, eff, effing, a-word, b-word, c-word, d-word, e-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, u-word, v-word, w-word, x-word, y-word, z-word, related terms C-bomb, f-slur, L-bomb, n-bomb, Q-slur, r-slur

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