f-word

Definitions

1. 1

   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. 2

   The word fag or faggot.

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:f-word.
3. 3

   Any word beginning with f that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously)…

   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").
   • 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.
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   1. 4

      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, […]
   2. 5

      Alternative letter-case form of f-word.

      • Until recently, I resisted using the F-word [fascism] to describe President Trump.

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