EFFING Definition & Meaning

effing

[ ef-ing ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Slang.

(used as an intensifier.)

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Origin of effing¹

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

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That’s called “effing around and finding out” in the parlance of our times; a succinct, coarse way to sum up one of horror cinema’s traditional functions.

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They are, in the internet parlance, in the "effing around" period.

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Like after I’ve done my own mani — for hours, I can hardly lift a finger without fear of effing something up.

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At one point, she was told: "'When you earn as much money as you do, you do as we effing say'."

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“Every time I see him now, I’m just, ‘Hey man, I’m just going to go out and be Ryan Effing Blaney tonight.’”

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