effing

[ ef-ing ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Slang.

Origin of effing¹

First recorded in 1940–45; euphemism for fucking, with eff as spelled form of the name of the initial letter

The immune system, in other words, makes a big effing deal out of a little nothing, and we suffer the consequences.

This is a magnanimous gesture, and the effing MF is given to the opposite—sociopathic selfishness to exponential extremes.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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