English

-fucking-

An intensifier.

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    Origin

    Tmetic usage of fucking, from fuck.

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    Lineage

    • derivedEnglishfuck “To have sexual intercourse; to copulate.”
      • inheritedMiddle English*fukken
        • inheritedOld English*fuccian

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