fecker, n. slang (orig. and chiefly Irish English).
Brit. /ˈfɛkə/, U.S. /ˈfɛkər/, Irish English /ˈfɛkər/
[Euphemistic alteration of fucker n. Compare earlier fecking adj., feck v.2, and also feck int.]
1. An undesirable, obnoxious, or contemptible person; = fucker n. 2.
| 1989B. Roche in K. Harwood First Run 6 Yeah, he's a queer smily fecker ain't he? 1993 R. Doyle Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (1994) 200 And that's what I'll do to you feckers the next time I catch yis robbin' my sawdust. 1998 G. Linehan & A. Mathews Speed 3 (television script, penultimate draft) in Father Ted (1999) 292/2 I've got a score to settle with you, ye baldy fecker. 2004 P. J. Conradi Going Buddhist 169 Who knows whether them feckers is Catholic Boodists or Protestant Boodists? |
2. Something regarded as a source of annoyance or frustration.
| 1992 B. Gill Death of Love xxiii. 265 Before hanging up, he added, ‘I'm going to keep ringing this fecker until you pick up.’ 1997 M. Keyes Rachel's Holiday ii. 19 You're not the one who has to roast a turkey and goes to the press to get a sheet of tinfoil to cover the fecker with and finds there's nothing there only a roll of cardboard. 2000 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 9 Jan. (Mag. section) 32/4 Just drink the fecker. |