-fucking-

Origin

From fucking, from fuck.

Infix

infix

(vulgar) An intensifier.Holy shit! That's unbefuckinglievable!

????, "Holy Shit", "Man Walks on Fucking Moon", The Onion, Late Edition, front page"Roger, no fucking doubt about it," Mission Controller Peter Lovell replied. "A-fucking-firmative. Over."

Usage notes

It is generally inserted before the stressed syllable, but may also be inserted between the prefix and the base.

''absofuckinglutely

unbefuckinglievable
unfuckingbelievable

This is an example of tmesis.

If the original word has a space, this infix is usually written without a hyphen.

Jesus Fucking Christ!

New Fucking York

Derived terms

Synonyms

-bloody-