furphy[“f#fi] n. a groundless rumor. I
heard a furphy about you yesterday.
Who started that furphy anyway?
fuse boxn. the head; the brain. I’m
afraid she’s missing a little something in
the fuse box. Jed acts like his fuse box is
completely blown.
fussbudget[“f@sb@dZ@t] n. someone who
fusses all the time, especially a baby.
Oh, Gary, don’t be such a fussbudget. He
is such a fussbudget. Get him a passy.
futzGo to phutz.
futz aroundGo to putz around.
fuzz[f@z] 1. and fuzz man; fuzzy (tail)
n. the police; a jail keeper; a detective.
The fuzz is onto you. See if you can dis-
tract the fuzz man while I lift his keys. 2.
and fuzzlein. to get drunk. They were
just sitting there fuzzling away the day.
Stop fuzzing and listen.
fuzzed and fuzzled; fuzzymod. alcohol
intoxicated. You are too fuzzed all the
time to hold the job. Pack! Why do you
come home every night fuzzled?
fuzz-facen. a man with a beard. (See also
fungus-face.) Hey, fuzz-face, come here
a minute. A couple of fuzz-faces came
in and asked for mustache wax.
fuzzleGo to fuzz.
fuzzledGo to fuzzed.
fuzz manGo to fuzz.
fuzz stationn. a police station. He had
to spend about an hour at the fuzz station,
but nothing happened to him. Drop by
the fuzz station and pick up a copy of the
driving rules.
fuzzwordn. a confusing term usually
meant to obscure meaning. (See also
buzzword.) The current crop of fuzz-
words contains a few that have come back
from the twenties. Don’t sling those
fuzzwords at me!
fuzzyGo to fuzzed.
fuzzy (tail)Go to fuzz.
FWIWinterj. for what it’s worth. (Used in
electronic mail and computer forum or
news group messages. Not pronounced
aloud.) FWIW, I understand exactly
what you are saying. I think you are just
too sensitive, FWIW.
F-wordn. the word fuck. (A euphemism
that can be used to refer to the word
alone without reference to the various
meanings of the word.) They said the
F-word seven times in the movie we saw
last night. What’s so bad about the
F-word?F-word