English

Alternative forms

• f word
• F word

Noun

f-word ‎(plural f-words)

1. (euphemistic) The word **** or faggot.

   Oh, f-word, I've lost the keys.

   The dialogue was littered with f-words.

2. 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").

Translations

Verb

f-word ‎(third-person singular simple present f-words, present participle f-wording, simple past and past participle f-worded)

1. (euphemistic) To use vulgarities.
   • 2010, Alan L. Greenberg, Confessions of a Government Man: How to Succeed in Any Bureaucracy, ISBN 978-160844-342-0, page 142:

     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, […]

See also

• f-bomb
• a-word
• b-word
• c-word
• d-word
• g-word
• h-word
• l-word
• m-word
• n-word
• p-word
• r-word
• s-word
• t-word
• v-word
• w-word
• eff
• effing