"FFS" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} FFS (not comparable)
  1. (Internet slang) Initialism of free for shipping. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: free for shipping
    Sense id: en-FFS-en-adj-ETLiEuvT

Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} FFS (not comparable)
  1. (Internet slang, text messaging, vulgar) Initialism of for fuck's sake; also ffs. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable, vulgar Alternative form of: for fuck's sake (extra: also ffs)
    Sense id: en-FFS-en-adv-dYimFYtJ

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} FFS
  1. Initialism of facial feminization surgery. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: facial feminization surgery Categories (topical): Surgery Translations (Facial feminization surgery): FFS (French)
    Sense id: en-FFS-en-noun-2CmfHM3A Disambiguation of Surgery: 0 41 59 0 0 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of 'Facial feminization surgery': 98 1 1
  2. (historical) Initialism of Free French Ship. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Alternative form of: Free French Ship Categories (topical): Transgender
    Sense id: en-FFS-en-noun-UHSTS4WR Disambiguation of Transgender: 4 21 10 52 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 1 7 71 20
  3. Initialism of fee-for-service. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: fee-for-service
    Sense id: en-FFS-en-noun-ElykQ1sn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: VFS (english: voice feminization surgery) [surgery, medicine, sciences] Coordinate_terms: FMS (english: facial masculinization surgery) [surgery, medicine, sciences]

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