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--- eegtti/$Id: EFF.EFF,v 2.3 1994/09/12 23:06:16 joke Rel $
eff ver 1 intr. To say `fuck' or similar expletive;
esp. in phr. to eff and blind, to swear continuously.
1943-. A. Weseker He started effing and blinding and
threw their books on the floor (1959). 2 trans ind intr.
euphemistic = FUCK verb 2,3,4,5. 1950-. K. Amis You young
people eff off (1958); D. Sanderson You sure effed things
up (1958). [Variant of ef, name of the letter F,
euphemistically representing FUCK verb.] hence effing,
noun, adjective, and adverb 1944-. PRIVATE EYE The
relatives get effing tough (1969).
Taken from: "The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang" by
John Ayto and John Simpson, Oxford University Press, 1992. p63
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