the fuck

Phrase

the fuck

1. (slang, vulgar) Used with an interrogative pronoun as an intensifier to express anger, frustration, incredulity, or other strong emotion.
   • So the man didn't like publicity; so the fuck what?2010 January 28, Stephen Metcalf, “Salinger’s Genius”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Nov 2023
   • "Let me get you a glass!" she beams, then drags me to the adjacent room to see her press officer, hairdresser and makeup artist tucking into food and fizz. "Look at this!" she says, mock-appalled at the scene. "Seriously, what the fuck is this about?"2011 April 29, Tim Jonze, quoting Cat Deeley, “Nerdy but nice”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2023
2. (slang, vulgar) Used after verbs forming a part of a phrasal verb as an intensifier to imply aggressive emphasis.
   • Shut the fuck up!
   • Get the fuck out!
3. (slang, vulgar, by ellipsis) Used as a shortened form of the common interrogative phrases.
   • The fuck did you come from?
   • The fuck do you know all of this!?
4. (slang, vulgar) Used to emphatically express that something isn't true.
   • —Mom, I'm going out with my friends tonight. —The fuck you are!
   • ‘You're not a self-respecting person.’
     ‘The fuck I ain't,’ the kid said.1997, Robert Stone, Dog Soldiers, page 88
5. (slang, vulgar, African-American Vernacular) Used to emphasize an adjective; fucking.
   • I'm feeling the fuck good today.
   • "Not really. It was okay. Fucking Natalie's cousin was down there thinking she was the fuck cute. That bitch came up! She met a fucking dude that play for the damn NFL," I said as I sat down.2005, Daaimah S. Poole, What's Real, New York, N.Y.: Dafina Books, →ISBN, page 113