f-bomb

noun

1. informal,  to use the word fuck in a situation where it will cause great offence

Word History and Origins

Origin of f-bomb¹

C20: a play on _A-bomb and _H-bomb , alluding to their explosive impact

Example Sentences

Like Keith Richards, Osbourne often spoke in an endearingly incoherent patois, every other word an F-bomb, which he helped normalize and eventually diminished through overuse.

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Too many people conclude that being a paying customer liberates them to be crude and lob the F-bomb like popcorn kernels.

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And punctuating his comment with an F-bomb, he noted he was “right — last.”

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Scott has a wonderful earthy quality, but I missed the impeccable timing of Jayne Houdyshell’s Anne Marie, who could stop the show with an anachronistic F-bomb.

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That’s been one of his things this tour: when a city has earned it, he will append the f-bomb to the city’s name out of respect.

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