F-wordn.

Brit.

/ˈɛfwəːd/, U.S.

/ˈɛfˌwərd/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fuck n., word n.

Etymology: < the initial letter of fuck n. (compare eff v.) + word n. Compare F-word v., and also effing n., effing adj.

1. Originally U.S.

a. Chiefly with the. (A periphrasis for) the word ‘fuck’ (see fuck v.) or one of its derivatives, esp. euphemistically on account of their taboo status.

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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [noun] > euphemisms for stronger oaths

minced oath?1654

blank1854

adjective1888

bee1926

muck1952

F-word1956

C-word1979

N-word1985

XXXX1985

F-bomb1987

1956 W. E. Collinson in Moderna Språk 50 13 Even today the British printer would draw the line at the f-word used in Lady Chatterley's Lover.

1964 Labor Arbitration Reports (U.S. Bureau Nat. Affairs) 42 494/2 X— admitted he used vulgar and profane language around the warehouse but not directed particularly at the girls. Two witnesses stated X— used the ‘F-word’ epithet to MM, the female jobber clerk. The gravamen of House Rule 2 lies in the use of profanity maliciously against others.

1979 Daily Mirror 10 Jan. 3 She said: ‘I never used the ‘f’ word. I only say things like ‘damn’ and ‘bloody’.

1987 F. Flagg Fried Green Tomatoes 41 Here she was, at her age, and she'd never said the F word.

1996 Independent 21 Feb. ii. 4/2 These days, f-words and s-words no longer horrify so many people.

2000 J. Pemberton Forever & Ever Amen iv. 36 Mum would've gone mad if she'd heard him say the F-word.

2005 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 5 Jan. a6/1 (headline) NBC hasn't received any calls about the F-word that Motley Crue rocker Vince Neil dropped during the live New Year's Eve broadcast of ‘The Tonight Show With Jay Leno’.

b. Used euphemistically in place of ‘fuck’ or one of its derivatives.

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1991 Amer. Speech 66 325 Unlike..purely typographical euphemisms, F-word can actually be spoken.

1996 Guardian 6 Apr. (Weekend Suppl.) t3 Oh F-wording F-word. Someone get me a cloth, for F-word's sake.

2. Any of various other words having f as their initial letter, which are regarded in a particular context as contentious or taboo.Frequently humorously as an extended use of sense 1.

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1986 G. Will in Newsweek 26 May 80/1 The word that parents often refer to delicately as ‘the F Word’. It is a four-letter word... The word is ‘fair’.

1988 Sydney Morning Herald 27 Aug. 70/1 Now, suddenly, the f-word has been splattered all over the place... The word in question..is of course, feminism.

1991 N.Y. Times 10 Dec. a1/1 Other governments..were ready to drop a planned reference to the community's ‘federal’ character. Mr Major had warned that he would sign no union treaty that mentioned what has become known in Britain as the F-word.

1995 Daily Tel. 31 July 19/1 Others describing such an incident might have used an f-word—‘feckless’ or, in extremes, ‘a foozler’. Benaud opted for: ‘What a shemozzle!’

2000 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 10 Aug. 31/3 Physicians use what they call the f-word to describe these situations—futility.

2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 26 Nov. (Qweekend section) 15/2 The f-word—feminism—is tossed around like a worn old sock as the audience tried to fathom how the movement's desire for women to be sexually fulfilled has morphed into a push to simply be sexy.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

F-wordv.

Brit.

/ˈɛfwəːd/, U.S.

/ˈɛfˌwərd/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fuck v., word n.

Etymology: < the initial letter of fuck v. (compare eff v.) + word n. Compare F-word n., and also effing n., effing adj.

euphemistic.

transitive and intransitive. Used as a (written) alternative for ‘fuck’. Cf. earlier eff v.

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1973 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 6 May ii. 10/3 Well, I say, ‘f-word’ them books, and ‘f-word’ the pretentious writers who write them.

1995 Re: Help Me! in rec.bicycles.off-road (Usenet newsgroup) 18 Feb. I personally have witnessed ‘newbie’ mtb kids with the F-word off attitude. Scaring horses, walkers, and even Me!

2003 Detroit Free Press (Electronic ed.) 9 Oct. Monica Lewinsky complained that Bill Clinton ‘helped (F-word) up my life’.

Derivatives

ˈF-wording adj.

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1990 USA Today 9 Apr. 1 d Leaving the stage, Hoosier Axl Rose blurted, ‘Good (the f-word)-ing night!’]

1996 Guardian 6 Apr. (Weekend Suppl.) 3 Oh F-wording F-word... I've boiled my F-wording bollocks.

2003 Detroit Free Press (Electronic ed.) 9 Oct. That hulking groper is not the (F-word)ing governor!

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	f-word
释义	F-wordn. Brit. /ˈɛfwəːd/, U.S. /ˈɛfˌwərd/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fuck n., word n. Etymology: < the initial letter of fuck n. (compare eff v.) + word n. Compare F-word v., and also effing n., effing adj. 1. Originally U.S. a. Chiefly with the. (A periphrasis for) the word ‘fuck’ (see fuck v.) or one of its derivatives, esp. euphemistically on account of their taboo status. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [noun] > euphemisms for stronger oaths minced oath?1654 blank1854 adjective1888 bee1926 muck1952 F-word1956 C-word1979 N-word1985 XXXX1985 F-bomb1987 1956 W. E. Collinson in Moderna Språk 50 13 Even today the British printer would draw the line at the f-word used in Lady Chatterley's Lover. 1964 Labor Arbitration Reports (U.S. Bureau Nat. Affairs) 42 494/2 X— admitted he used vulgar and profane language around the warehouse but not directed particularly at the girls. Two witnesses stated X— used the ‘F-word’ epithet to MM, the female jobber clerk. The gravamen of House Rule 2 lies in the use of profanity maliciously against others. 1979 Daily Mirror 10 Jan. 3 She said: ‘I never used the ‘f’ word. I only say things like ‘damn’ and ‘bloody’. 1987 F. Flagg Fried Green Tomatoes 41 Here she was, at her age, and she'd never said the F word. 1996 Independent 21 Feb. ii. 4/2 These days, f-words and s-words no longer horrify so many people. 2000 J. Pemberton Forever & Ever Amen iv. 36 Mum would've gone mad if she'd heard him say the F-word. 2005 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 5 Jan. a6/1 (headline) NBC hasn't received any calls about the F-word that Motley Crue rocker Vince Neil dropped during the live New Year's Eve broadcast of ‘The Tonight Show With Jay Leno’. b. Used euphemistically in place of ‘fuck’ or one of its derivatives. ΚΠ 1991 Amer. Speech 66 325 Unlike..purely typographical euphemisms, F-word can actually be spoken. 1996 Guardian 6 Apr. (Weekend Suppl.) t3 Oh F-wording F-word. Someone get me a cloth, for F-word's sake. 2. Any of various other words having f as their initial letter, which are regarded in a particular context as contentious or taboo.Frequently humorously as an extended use of sense 1. ΚΠ 1986 G. Will in Newsweek 26 May 80/1 The word that parents often refer to delicately as ‘the F Word’. It is a four-letter word... The word is ‘fair’. 1988 Sydney Morning Herald 27 Aug. 70/1 Now, suddenly, the f-word has been splattered all over the place... The word in question..is of course, feminism. 1991 N.Y. Times 10 Dec. a1/1 Other governments..were ready to drop a planned reference to the community's ‘federal’ character. Mr Major had warned that he would sign no union treaty that mentioned what has become known in Britain as the F-word. 1995 Daily Tel. 31 July 19/1 Others describing such an incident might have used an f-word—‘feckless’ or, in extremes, ‘a foozler’. Benaud opted for: ‘What a shemozzle!’ 2000 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 10 Aug. 31/3 Physicians use what they call the f-word to describe these situations—futility. 2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 26 Nov. (Qweekend section) 15/2 The f-word—feminism—is tossed around like a worn old sock as the audience tried to fathom how the movement's desire for women to be sexually fulfilled has morphed into a push to simply be sexy. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). F-wordv. Brit. /ˈɛfwəːd/, U.S. /ˈɛfˌwərd/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fuck v., word n. Etymology: < the initial letter of fuck v. (compare eff v.) + word n. Compare F-word n., and also effing n., effing adj. euphemistic. transitive and intransitive. Used as a (written) alternative for ‘fuck’. Cf. earlier eff v. ΚΠ 1973 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 6 May ii. 10/3 Well, I say, ‘f-word’ them books, and ‘f-word’ the pretentious writers who write them. 1995 Re: Help Me! in rec.bicycles.off-road (Usenet newsgroup) 18 Feb. I personally have witnessed ‘newbie’ mtb kids with the F-word off attitude. Scaring horses, walkers, and even Me! 2003 Detroit Free Press (Electronic ed.) 9 Oct. Monica Lewinsky complained that Bill Clinton ‘helped (F-word) up my life’. Derivatives ˈF-wording adj. ΚΠ 1990 USA Today 9 Apr. 1 d Leaving the stage, Hoosier Axl Rose blurted, ‘Good (the f-word)-ing night!’] 1996 Guardian 6 Apr. (Weekend Suppl.) 3 Oh F-wording F-word... I've boiled my F-wording bollocks. 2003 Detroit Free Press (Electronic ed.) 9 Oct. That hulking groper is not the (F-word)ing governor! This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1956v.1973
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