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af

/eɪ̯ˈɛf/

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also/æf/

af is the initialism of as fuck.

Meaning of as fuck

Adverb

as fuck

  1. (postpositional, slang, vulgar, simile) To a great extent or degree; very, extremely, incredibly.
    • It was hot as fuck outside today.

Noun (1) capitalized: AF

AF (countable and uncountable, plural AFs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of air force.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of alternative fact.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of atrial fibrillation or auricular fibrillation.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of autofocus.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of adult female.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of auditory feedback.
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of as found, also af, a/f.
  8. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of aggression factor.

Adjective capitalized: AF

AF (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of antiferromagnetic.

Adverb capitalized: AF

AF (not comparable)

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism, vulgar) Initialism of as fuck.
    • Beowulf’s got plenty of admirers, so the romance is totally on point too. Trust me, this story is the lit AF, and you won’t wanna miss it.2023 May 16, Ella Creamer, quoting ChatGPT, “‘Beowulf is lit AF’ – could ChatGPT really write good book blurbs?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Noun (2) capitalized: Af

Af (plural Afs)

  1. (colloquial, dated) A native African (not white-skinned) in Rhodesia.
    • Actually, they say, they get on quite well with the Afs. Just have a look around the country: no hostile glares or haughtiness when whites and blacks pass in the streets, none of the riots or strikes […]1978, The Bridge, volumes 3-4, page 15
    • […] the collapse of the white myths about the country: that it was a free society, that the “Afs” were happy and contented, that white culture was firmly rooted in a stable population, […]2010, Roger Marston, Own Goals, page iv

Forms of af

pluralAFs
pluralAfs

Origin of af

Clipping of African.

Words that rhyme with af

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Questions about af

What does af mean?
Af means a native African (not white-skinned) in Rhodesia.
What is af the initialism of?
Af is the initialism of as fuck.
What part of speech is af?
Af can be a noun, an adjective or an adverb.
How do you pronounce af?
Af is pronounced /eɪ̯ˈɛf/.
What is the plural of af?
The plural of af is AFs.

Words near af in the dictionary

  1. AEW&C
  2. AEWC
  3. AEZ
  4. AEZs
  5. Aeëtes
  6. af
  7. af-
  8. AF1
  9. AFA
  10. AFAB
  11. AFABs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: af (page history and authors); AF (page history and authors); Af (page history and authors); as fuck (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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