F-bomb

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1
The word fuck. euphemistic, slang
"From hip-hop artists to bloggers to the vice president of the United States, everyone's dropping the F-bomb."
2
Alternative letter-case form of f-bomb. alt-of
3
The word funk. euphemistic, slang
4
The word faggot or fag. euphemistic, slang

Synonyms

Example

"From hip-hop artists to bloggers to the vice president of the United States, everyone's dropping the F-bomb."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

atomic F-bomb cluster F-bomb drop the f-bomb

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