单词 | eff |
释义 | effn. 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. ΚΠ 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. 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. ΘΚΠ 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). ΘΚΠ 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. 78 ‘Eff 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. 191 ‘Eff 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). < n.1954v.1943 |
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