effing
adjective, adverb, verb (effing, eff, effed); stand-in word
Everyday
(slang, euphemism, UK) a softer stand-in for the very rude f-word, used to add anger or force. tree →
In the lessons
People say «effing» to swear without saying the full rude word; still rude, used in angry talk, TV and comedy; UK, Ireland, Australia.
Examples
- The effing car won't start! tree →
- Chat: «It's effing freezing.» tree →
- «Turn that effing music down!» shouted the neighbour. tree →
- He was effing and blinding at the referee. tree →
- Not an effing chance. tree →
- It's an effing joke, this bus service. tree →
Note
Still rude: everyone knows which word it stands for. Not for school or polite talk.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «effing» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «effing» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/effing/