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f-bomb

f-bomb noun: the word fuck.

Noun (1)

f-bomb (plural f-bombs)

  1. (euphemistic, slang) The word fuck.
    • From hip-hop artists to bloggers to the vice president of the United States, everyone's dropping the F-bomb.2006 June 25, Joel Achenbach, “Dropping the F-bomb”, in The Washington Post, page B01
    • When he started out in 1981 Regan would throw in the odd F-bomb to spice up a joke, but eventually he just eliminated them from his act.2007 May 10, Guy MacPherson, “Brian Regan’s clean comedy defuses the F-bomb”, in straight.com
    Synonyms:
    f-word
  2. (euphemistic, slang) The word funk.
  3. (euphemistic, slang) The word faggot or fag.

Noun (2) capitalized: F-bomb

F-bomb (plural F-bombs)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of f-bomb.

Synonyms of f-bomb

Forms of f-bomb

pluralf-bombs
alternative formF-bomb
pluralF-bombs

Origin of f-bomb

From f (“abbreviation of fuck”) + bomb (“(euphemism marker)”), and thence other words beginning f. Likely based on the term H-bomb.

Words formed from f-bomb

Phrases with f-bomb

Questions about f-bomb

What does f-bomb mean?
F-bomb means the word fuck.
What part of speech is f-bomb?
F-bomb is a noun.
What is the plural of f-bomb?
The plural of f-bomb is f-bombs.

Words near f-bomb in the dictionary

  1. F-35Cs
  2. F-35s
  3. F-A-B
  4. F-algebra
  5. f-block
  6. f-bomb
  7. f-bombs
  8. F-box
  9. F-center
  10. F-centre
  11. f-ck

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