Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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rather fuck off than do an honest day’s
work. 3. in. to go away; to get out of a
place; to beat it. (Taboo. Usually objec-
tionable.) I told him to fuck off, but he
still keeps hanging around.

fuck-shitn. a truly wretched and obnox-
ious person. (Taboo. Usually objection-
able.) Get out of here you slimy fuck-
shit!


fuck someone aroundGo to fuck around
with someone.


fuck someone or something uptv. to
mess someone or something up; to dam-
age or ruin someone or something.
(Taboo. Usually objectionable.) Please
don’t fuck my stereo up. TYou fuck up
everything you get your hands on!


fuck someone overtv. to give someone a
very hard time; to abuse someone phys-
ically or mentally; to cheat, deceive, or
trick someone. (Taboo. Usually objec-
tionable.) The big guys fucked him over
for a while and then let him go.


fuck someone’s mind (up)tv. to confuse
or disorient someone; [for a drug] to af-
fect or destroy someone’s mind. (Taboo.
Usually objectionable.) She’s really
fucked your mind up. I’d stay away from
her if I were you. I don’t know what this
stuff is, but it really fucked my mind.


fuck upin. to mess up; to fail. (Taboo. Usu-
ally objectionable.) Don’t fuck up this
time or you’re fired. You can count on
him to fuck up.


fuck-up 1. n. a mess; a hopeless hodge-
podge. (Taboo. Usually objectionable.) 
When you went home yesterday, you left
behind a first-class fuck-up. Now you can
clean it up. Who’s responsible for this
fuck-up? 2. n. someone who does every-
thing wrong; someone who messes every-
thing up. (Taboo. Usually objectionable.)
Poor Wille is such a fuck-up. What a
mess he has made.


fuck with someonein. to cause trouble for
someone; to threaten someone. (Taboo.
Usually objectionable.) Don’t fuck with
me if you know what’s good for you!


fuck with somethingin. to meddle with
someone or something. (Taboo. Usually
objectionable.) Stop fucking with the
radio!

Fuck you!tv. Go to hell! (A very insulting
curse. Taboo. Usually objectionable.) 
Fuck you, you shit! Fuck you, if that’s
what you think.
fudGo to fuddy-duddy.

fuddy-duddy and fud[“f@did@di and f@d]
n. a stuffy person; an old-fashioned per-
son, especially a male. Pay no attention
to him. He’s just an old fud. There seems
to be a convention of fuddy-duddies in the
park today.

fudge[f@dZ] 1. in. to cheat; to deceive
(someone). Bill, you’re fudging. Wait
till the starting gun fires. No fair fudg-
ing! 2. n. nonsense; deception. Cut out
the fudge and talk straight. I’ve heard
enough of your fudge. Let’s get honest,
okay?

fudge factorn. a margin of error. I never
use a fudge factor. I measure correctly, and
I cut the material exactly the way I mea-
sured it. I built in a fudge factor of three
inches.

fugly[“f@gli] mod. fat and ugly. Man, is
that dog of yours ever fugly! What or who
did it eat? Have you every seen such a
fugly car?
full blastmod. as strongly as possible. 
He honked the horn full blast for a long
time. The whistle blew full blast and
woke everyone up.

full of beansmod. full of nonsense; full of
hot air. Oh, be quiet. You’re just full of
beans. Pay no attention to John. He’s full
of beans.

full of bullGo to full of hot air.

full of hopsmod. full of nonsense. (As if
one were full of beer, which contains
hops.) Aw, you’re just full of hops! 
The guy was full of hops. Nothing he said
made any sense.

full of hot air and full of bull; full of it
mod. full of nonsense. You’re full of hot

full of hot air
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