XXXX

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɔː(r).eks/ like "four X"

From the (Australian) XXXX brand of lager, which was named after the practice of using X to indicate the strength of an alcoholic beverage, and which was advertised with the slogan "Australians couldn't give a XXXX for any other lager."

2009, Jesse Sheidlower, The F-Word, page 269

Full definition of XXXX

Proper noun

1. (Bowdlerisation) a fuck
   damn.
• 1985 September 6, in the Times of London, quoted in 2009 by Jesse Sheidlower in The F-Word, page 269:Allied does not give a XXXX for Elders.
• 1988 June 10, in the Guardian, quoted in 2009 by Jesse Sheidlower in The F-Word, page 269:Quite a few of the party's MPs don't give a XXXX for the whole affair ....
• 1996, in the December (1995)
  January (1996) Arena, volume 59, number 1, quoted in 2009 by Jesse Sheidlower in The F-Word, page 269:Most of the world couldn't give a XXXX about it, something that has long rankled with the marketing men ....

From X chromosome.

Proper noun

1. Tetrasomy X, a rare chromosomal disorder affecting females, caused by the presence of four X chromosomes instead of two present in the usual human karyotype.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ËŒeksekseksˈeks/

From X ("motion picture "adult" rating")

Adjective

adjective

1. X-rated, pornographic

Synonyms

• pornographic
• X-rated
• XXX