frigging

American

[frig-ing, -ing] / ˈfrɪg ɪŋ, -ɪn /

Also friggin’,

adjective

Slang.

(used as an intensifier).

People walking in the middle of the frigging street are going to get honked at.

frigging British

/ ˈfrɪɡɪŋ /

adjective

slang (intensifier)

it's only a frigging game; frigging hopeless

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Etymology

Origin of frigging

First recorded in 1560–70; frig ¹ + -ing ²; euphemistically echoing fucking

Example Sentences

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frigging

I started in this job in “Game of Thrones” and just assumed, “That’s, like, how jobs go. You get invited to the Emmys every year and everyone frigging watches it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

Emma Barton, who plays the soap's Honey Mitchell, wrote: "Love you so much, you beautiful, strong, mental, brave lady... You're frigging Ace!!!"

From BBC ● May 13, 2025

“I am always stunned at what we are able to do,” he says, “and it’s frigging awesome.”

From Scientific American ● Apr. 22, 2022

In January 2021, he demanded that the Loudoun school board reopen schools and “raise the frigging bar” — now something of a campaign slogan.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2022

“They’re up there acting like frigging woodlands wizards.”

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

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