fucking

en-noun

fucking (countable and uncountable, plural fuckings)

the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get

the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you're going to get

the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you take

I got a good fucking out of her, but I doubt we'll have another date.

c 1674, John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, A Satyr on Charles II
Like the French fool, that wanders up and down
Starving his people, hazarding his crown.
Peace is his aim, his gentleness is such,
And love he loves, for he loves fucking much.

(vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse, especially one lacking passion or a feeling of sincere love.


fucking

→ Danish: fucking

→ Dutch: fucking

→ German: fucking

→ Norwegian Bokmål: føkkings

→ Romanian: fucking

→ Swedish: fucking

No fucking way.

This is a fucking nightmare!

Give me the fucking key!

Open the fucking locker!

Yeah, she caught my eye, as I walked on by / She could see from my face that I was fucking high

2005, James Blunt (lyrics and music), “You're Beautiful”, in Back to Bedlam:

“Every time it’s shown, I get e-mail from young guys who want to get it on with me,” she said. “Which is wonderful. I’m seventy-seven fucking years old.”

2006 March 6, Lauren Collins, quoting Harriet Sohmers Zwerling, “Last Bohemians”, in The New Yorker:

(vulgar) An intensifier, often applying more to the whole utterance than to the specific word it grammatically modifies.


fucking

→ Danish: fucking

→ Dutch: fucking

→ German: fucking

→ Norwegian Bokmål: føkkings

→ Romanian: fucking

→ Swedish: fucking

→ Icelandic: fokking

This is fucking ridiculous!

I can't believe he fucking stole my car!

You've never seen a bunch of guys more fucking shocked to lose

2004, Tommy Lee with Anthony Bozza, Tommy Land, page 79:

A bit young to be so cynical and so superior, you may think. My reply is that you should fucking well have been there, and felt it for yourself.

2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 81:

(vulgar) Really, very; having intensive force, often applying to the whole sentence or clause.

(Mexico, is used as adverb by some people even if identical to the adjective) pinche


fucking

New Fucking York.

She had been, as I say, drinking all afternoon and she suddenly howled, “Ten o’clock! It’s ten o’fucking clock! Why doesn’t he come? Why in God’s name doesn’t he come?” Something along those lines.

1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, →OCLC, section III, page 27:

[…] I think that life's too long to bother with suing Andrew fucking Lloyd Webber.

If you wanted some background information on me, Holden, all you had to do was ask. I would have gladly volunteered it. You didn't have to go playing Hercule fucking Poirot!

1997, Kevin Smith, Chasing Amy (motion picture), spoken by Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams):

Far out, man. Far fucking out!

1998, Joel and Ethan Coen, The Big Lebowski (motion picture), spoken by The Dude (Jeff Bridges):

(vulgar) Alternative spelling of -fucking-, used when the word infix is put between two words.


-bloody-

Absobloodylutely!

Were it not for the tattoos, honestly, they'd be able to stand on one foot for hours and truly focus and not think once about how they forgot to set the Sky+ for The Daily Show a-bloody-gain.

2010 October 17, Hadley Freeman, “Tattoos: what makes one spiritual and another Katona-esque?”, in The Guardian:


-un-

(chemistry) Used in the theoretical systematic names of undiscovered chemical elements, standing for a 1 in the atomic number


-fucking-

Holy shit! That's unbefuckinglievable!

Well, where'd you lose him? He ain't a set of fucking car keys, is he? And it ain't as if he's incon-fucking-spicuous now, is it?

2000, Guy Ritchie, Snatch (motion picture), spoken by Brick Top (Alan Ford):

Guaran-fucking-teed
Just sign the deed
Guaran-fucking-teed
Someone will bleed

2009, “Contractor”, performed by Lamb of God:


-e-

The final vowel of hamster, as the initial vowel would be a homonym of -a- from rat.

(pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody derived from a hamster source

-mab is the base suffix common to all monoclonal antibodies


-les-

(pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets an infectious lesion


-col-

(pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets colon tumors


-mar-

(pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets mammary tumors


-mel-

(pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets melanomas


-pr-

(pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -pro-, used for ease of pronunciation before all source affixes but -xi- and -zu-


-cir-

(pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets the cardiovascular system


-bac-

(pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets a bacterium


-lim-

(pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that is an immunomodulator


-tum-

(pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets a tumor not covered by one of the suffixes -col-, -mel-, -mar-, -got-, -gov-, -pr-/-pro-, or that targets a combination of such tumors


-gov-

(pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets ovarian tumors

-got- is a coordinate term and has the same alternative form


-got-

(pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets testicular tumors

-gov- is the coordinate term and has the same alternative form


-go-

(pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affixes -got- and -gov-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation


-co-

(pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -col-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation


-ci-

(pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -cir-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation


-pro-

(pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets prostate tumors

Shortened to -pr- before all source suffixes but -xi- and -zu-


-ba-

(pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -bac-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation


-ma-

(pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -mar-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation


-vi-

(pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -vir-, used for ease of pronunciation


-me-

(pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -mel-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation


-tu-

(pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -tum-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation


-u-

(pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody derived from a human source.


-fu-

(pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -fung-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation


-ner-

(pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets the nervous system


-tox-

(pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -toxa-, used for ease of pronunciation before all source affixes but -xi- and -zu-


-axo-

From -a- (“rat”) + x (“cross”) + -o- (“mouse”).

affix

(pharmacology) a hybrid monoclonal antibody, derived from both rat and murine sources


-mul-

(pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets the musculoskeletal system


-fung-

(pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets a fungus


-xizu-

(pharmacology) A hybrid monoclonal antibody, derived from both chimeric and humanized sources.


-toxa-

(pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets a toxin

-tox- before all suffixes but -xi- and -zu-


-os-

(pharmacology) a monoclonal antibody that targets bone


-a-

From French à (“various prepositions”) and related prepositions in other Romance languages. Also from related misunderstandings, as all-a-mort from French à la morte.

Connective infix encountered in loanwords and phrases, generally no longer carrying a distinct meaning.


-ne-

(pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -ner-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation


-mu-

(pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -mul-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation


-li-

(pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -lim-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation


-ki-

(pharmacology) a shortened allomorph of the monoclonal antibody affix -kin-, used before the affixes -xi- and -zu- for ease of pronunciation


-x-

(neologism) Used to replace a gendered element or reduce perceived genderedness, such as in Mixter, mxn, womxn, etc.


-h-

fuck! + -h- → fuhuck!

damn! + -h- → dahamn!

beer + -h- → bheer

boy + -h- → bhoy

god + -h- → ghod

good + -h- → ghood

(dated, fandom slang, humorous) Indicates a fannish context or an association with science fiction fandom.


-iz-

From a style of cant used by African Americans in the 1970s and popularized by rapper Snoop Dogg. See -izzle for more.

shit + -iz- → shiznit

house + -iz- → hizouse

damn + -iz- → dizamn

(slang, African-American Vernacular) An intensifier.


fkn

(text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of fucking.


fkn

I’m in the United fkn States of America.


-motherfucking-

Person 1: Want me to buy you tickets to the Sepultura concert?

Person 2: Absomotherfuckinglutely!

Fuck me, it's gotta be The Deadhead Chemistry
The blotter got right on top of me
Got me seeing E-motherfucking-T!

2006, “Rosetta Stoned”, performed by Tool: