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af

1 American  
[ey-ef, af] / ˈeɪˈɛf, æf /
Or AF

abbreviation

Slang.

  1. as fuck; to a great degree (a euphemistic initialism used as a general intensifier, without explicit vulgarity).

    He’s annoying af.
AF 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Air Force.

  2. Anglo-French.

  3. Asian female.

  4. Pathology. atrial fibrillation.

af- 3 American  

  1. variant of ad- before f: affect.

Af. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. Africa.

  2. African.

a.f. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. audio frequency.

A.F. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. Air Force.

  2. Anglo-French.

  3. audio frequency.

AF 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Anglo-French

  2. automatic focus

  3. audio frequency

  4. (in Canada) Air Force

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A/F 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. as found

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a.f. 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. audio frequency

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af 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. Afghanistan

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Etymology

Origin of af

First recorded in 2005–10

Example Sentences

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P.R-R and C.T. were supported by Alzheimerfonden and Margaretha af Ugglas Stiftelse.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2024

The opera’s composer, Paula af Malmborg Ward, and librettist Kerstin Perski created a previous opera about swindlers and wanted to further explore why people believe serial liars, they told the Swedish press.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 1, 2023

After youth spells at Boldklubben af 1893 and Brondby, Hojlund began his senior career at Copenhagen, making his debut aged 17 in 2020.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2023

“I actually don’t have anything against drag queens but this was just random af and seemed like she’s really trying to be ‘woke’ to gain more popularity.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2023

She asked Park to bring in the groceries; then she spent the rest of the af ternoon in her room with the door closed.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell

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