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XXXX

noun
/fɔːɹˈɛks//kwɔˈdrupəlˌɛks//ˌɛksɛksɛksˈɛks/

Etymology

From the (Australian) XXXX brand of lager, which was named after the practice of using repetitions of X, such as XXX, to indicate the strength of an alcoholic beverage, and which was advertised with the slogan "Australians couldn't give a XXXX for any other lager."

Definitions

  1. A fuck / damn.

    • Allied does not give a XXXX for Elders.
    • Quite a few of the party's MPs don't give a XXXX for the whole affair […] .
    • Most of the world couldn't give a XXXX about it, something that has long rankled with the marketing men […] .

  2. Tetrasomy X, a rare chromosomal disorder affecting females, caused by the presence of…

    Tetrasomy X, a rare chromosomal disorder affecting females, caused by the presence of four X chromosomes instead of two present in the usual human karyotype.

  3. X-rated, pornographic

    X-rated, pornographic; XXX.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Alternative letter-case form of XXXX (“fuck”).

      • For quotations using this term, see Citations:xxxx.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for XXXX. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA