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▪ I. eff, v.|ɛf|
[Variant of ef, name of the letter F, euphemistically representing fuck v. 2, 3.]
1. (Used as an expletive on its own account, as a milder alternative to the full form of the word fuck, or else as a euphemistic report of an actual use of the full word.)
1950Hemingway Across River & into Trees ix. 78 ‘Eff Florence,’ the Colonel said. 1958K. Amis I like it Here xiii. 164 You young people eff off. 1958D. Sanderson Night of Horns xxv. 165 You sure effed things up. 1963L. Meynell Virgin Luck viii. 191 ‘Eff off,’ Johnny told Antonio. Antonio effed off to the other end of the bar. 1967K. Giles Death & Mr. Prettyman ii. 62 ‘What did he matter?’ ‘Effed if I know.’
2. To utter the word fuck or some equivalent word. Also to eff and blind, to use strong expletives, to swear continuously.
1943M. Harrison Reported Safe Arrival 31 They'd eff and blind till yer ear-'oles started ter frizzle. 1959A. Wesker Chicken Soup & Barley i. ii, He started effing and blinding and threw their books on the floor. 1965J. Gaskell Fabulous Heroine 50 He would argue and eff in an intellectual ecstasy all afternoon.
Hence ˈeffer; ˈeffing vbl. n. and ppl. a.; also as adv.
1944J. Agate Red Letter Nights 45 (Carrying a sandbag.) 'Arf of effing France, and 'ad to walk the other 'arf to fetch it. 1945Penguin New Writing XXV. 186 He's a bastard, but I'll effing well get him. 1950E. Partridge Here, There & Everywhere 28 The British workman's exclusive preference for bloody... A preference shared with ‘effing’. 1961S. Price Just for Record vi. 56 You're effing right. 1963P. West Mod. Novel ii. i. 142 On it goes, the livid effing-and-blinding. 1964S. Bellow Herzog 81 What good are those effing eggheads! 1967C. Drummond Death at Furlong Post ii. 16, I had an argument with that effer, Joe Fryer. 1969Observer 2 Feb. 5/1 Mary felt the situation was ‘diabolical’ and there was plenty of effing and blinding. 1969Private Eye 24 Oct. 14 The relatives get effing tough. 1970K. Giles Death in Church i. 11 I'm a tolerant effer myself, but blasphemy I can't come at.
▪ II. eff
var. of eft, evet. |