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# effing

«effing» in Mova's school dictionary: **a softer stand-in for the very rude f-word, used to add…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective, adverb, verb (effing, eff, effed); stand-in word

### meaning for a pupil

(slang, euphemism, UK) a softer stand-in for the very rude f-word, used to add anger or force. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/effing/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

People say «effing» to swear without saying the full rude word; still rude, used in angry talk, TV and comedy; UK, Ireland, Australia.

### examples

- The effing car won't start! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/effing/#x1)
- Chat: «It's effing freezing.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/effing/#x2)
- «Turn that effing music down!» shouted the neighbour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/effing/#x3)
- He was effing and blinding at the referee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/effing/#x4)
- Not an effing chance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/effing/#x5)
- It's an effing joke, this bus service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/effing/#x6)

### note

Still rude: everyone knows which word it stands for. Not for school or polite talk.

### In the corpora

- ["Effing" is British slang that says only the first sound of the f-word swear.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/24/)
- ["Effing and blinding" means swearing a lot; it is British slang.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/39-pardon-my-french/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «effing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/effing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.