frigging

[frig-in, -ing]

adjective, adverb Slang: Vulgar.

(used as a euphemistic intensifier).

Origin of frigging

1700–10 for earlier gerund sense; 1920–25 for current sense; frig¹ + -ing²; euphemistically echoing fucking

frig

[frig]Slang: Vulgar.

verb (used with object), frigged, frig·ging.

to copulate with.

to take advantage of; victimize.

to masturbate.

verb (used without object), frigged, frig·ging.

to copulate.

to masturbate.

Verb Phrases

frig around/about, to fool around; waste time.

Origin of frig

1425–75; earlier, to move about restlessly, rub; late Middle English friggen to quiver

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Contemporary Examples of frigging

“Every candidate we endorse puts our logo front and frigging center,” he said.
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November 5, 2013
All of this would be OK with me; I just took the frigging recertification test in my field and I hated every minute of it.
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June 15, 2010

Historical Examples of frigging

Frigging Florida labor laws meant that you had to give cost-of-living raises every year, and it added up.
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Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for frigging

frigging

adjective, adverb (prenominal)

slang (intensifier)it's only a frigging game; frigging hopeless

Word Origin for frigging

C20: euphemism for fucking

frig

verb frigs, frigging or frigged taboo, slang

to have sexual intercourse (with)

to masturbate

(intr; foll by around, about, etc) to behave foolishly or aimlessly

Word Origin for frig

C15 (in the sense: to wriggle): of uncertain origin; perhaps related to obsolete frike strong, or to Old English frīgan to love

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Word Origin and History for frigging

adj.

by 1936 as an expletive, from present participle of frig.

frig

"to move about restlessly," mid-15c., perhaps a variant of frisk (q.v.). As a euphemism for "to fuck" it dates from 1680s, earlier as "to masturbate" (1670s). Related: Frigged; frigging.