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单词 eff
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effn.

Brit. /ɛf/, U.S. /ɛf/
Forms: 1900s– ef, 1900s– eff, 1900s– f.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English eff.
Etymology: < eff, variant of ef n., euphemistically representing fuck n. Compare earlier eff v. and effing adj.
slang.
Used as a euphemistic alternative to fuck n., esp. in phrases and as an intensifier expressing annoyance, hostility, urgency, exasperation, etc., as what the eff, for eff's sake, etc. Cf. fuck n. 3.
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1954 S. Longstreet Lion at Morning x. 86 I've never been to Europe. What the eff for? The lousy, endowed museums are full of..dead art.
1961 G. Fay Passenger to London (U.K. ed.) x. 209 I don't give an ef.
1990 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 5 Oct. a29 ‘Come the eff in,’ said a female.
2008 J. Beattiey Twelve Girls 63 God, you look a mess. Get yourself cleaned up, for eff's sake.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

effv.

Brit. /ɛf/, U.S. /ɛf/
Forms: 1900s– eff, 1900s– f.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English eff , ef n.
Etymology: < eff, variant of ef n., euphemistically representing fuck v. Compare earlier effing adj.
1. intransitive. British colloquial. To utter the word ‘fuck’; to swear, use profanities. Originally and chiefly in to eff and blind: to use strong expletives, to swear frequently; cf. blind v. 1c.
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the mind > language > malediction > [verb (intransitive)] > swear or use profanity
curse?c1225
oathc1450
swearc1450
to swear like a lord1531
profanea1643
sink1663
rip1772
cuss1838
to let out1840
explete1902
eff1943
foul-mouth1960
1943 M. Harrison Reported Safe Arrival 31 They'd eff and blind till yer ear-'oles started ter frizzle.
1959 A. Wesker Chicken Soup with Barley i. ii He started effing and blinding and threw their books on the floor.
1965 J. Gaskell Fabulous Heroine 50 He would argue and eff in an intellectual ecstasy all afternoon.
1989 J. Galloway Trick is to keep Breathing (1991) 26 A man and a woman shouting, effing and blinding and the little girl starts screaming.
1999 L. Hird Born Free (2000) xiv. 109 A bairn starts screaming up the back and I hear the mother effing away, smacking it.
2003 C. Birch Turn again Home iii. 47 She'd turned up at Edmund and Isabel's blind drunk in the middle of the afternoon. Disgusting! Effing and blinding she was in front of the children.
2. transitive and intransitive. slang. Used as a euphemistic alternative to fuck v. (in various senses).
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (intransitive)]
scud1602
go scrape!1611
to push off (also along)1740
to go it1797
to walk one's chalks1835
morris1838
scat1838
go 'long1859
to take a walk1881
shoot1897
skidoo1905
to beat it1906
to go to the dickens1910
to jump (or go (and) jump) in the lake1912
scram1928
to piss offa1935
to bugger off1937
to fuck off1940
go and have a roll1941
eff1945
to feck off?1945
to get lost1947
to sod off1950
bug1956
to hit, split or take the breeze1959
naff1959
frig1965
muck1974
to rack off1975
the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [verb (intransitive)] > euphemisms for stronger oaths
jerniea1680
eff1945
naff1959
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > be unskilled in [verb (transitive)] > bungle
botch1530
bungle1530
mumble1588
muddle1605
mash1642
bumble?1719
to fall through ——1726
fuck1776
blunder1805
to make a mull of1821
bitch1823
mess1823
to make a mess of1834
smudge1864
to muck up1875
boss1887
to make balls of1889
duff1890
foozle1892
bollocks1901
fluff1902
to make a muck of1903
bobble1908
to ball up1911
jazz1914
boob1915
to make a hash of1920
muff1922
flub1924
to make a hat of1925
to ass up1932
louse1934
screw1938
blow1943
to foul up1943
eff1945
balls1947
to make a hames of1947
to arse up1951
to fuck up1967
dork1969
sheg1981
bodge1984
1945 E. Hemingway Let. 2 Apr. in Sel. Lett. (1981) 579 Just tell them to Eff off.
1950 E. Hemingway Across River & into Trees ix. 78Eff Florence,’ the Colonel said.
1958 D. Sanderson Night of Horns xxv. 165 You sure effed things up.
1961 J. A. Williams Night Song 155 Eagle ain't even cold yet and you cats are effin' over him already.
1963 L. Meynell Virgin Luck viii. 191Eff off,’ Johnny told Antonio. Antonio effed off to the other end of the bar.
1967 K. Giles Death & Mr. Prettyman ii. 62 ‘What did he matter?’ ‘Effed if I know.’
1988 S. Rushdie Satanic Verses v. ii. 330 Eff off. Go crawl back under your stone.
2002 S. Turow Reversible Errors (2003) 194 I tell him to eff himself... You know, in my time, I had some stones.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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