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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of frigging

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

Example Sentences

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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

“It’s frigging nerve-wracking,” Hovland said with a smile.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2022

“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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