fecking, a. and adv. slang (orig. and chiefly Irish English).
Brit. /ˈfɛkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfɛkɪŋ/, Irish English /ˈfɛkɪŋ/
Forms: 19– feckin, 19– feckin', 19– fecking
[Euphemistic alteration of fucking adj. Compare feck int., feck v.2, fecker n.]
A. adj. Contemptible, despicable, damnable. Also in weakened use as an intensifier (cf. fucking adj. 2).
| 1963 A. Clarke Flight to Afr. 26 Suddenly Catholic joylets Darted from alleys, raggedy cherubs that dared them: ‘Luk, feckin' bastards, swaddlers, feckin' bastards!’ 1980 ‘H. Leonard’ Life I. 28 They take this feckin' aeroplane. 1997 C. McPherson Weir 28 It's only headers like me get a fright like that, ha? Fecking loolahs. 2002 Loaded Mar. 75/3 Inmates are free to chill—unaccompanied—by a feckin' swimming pool for God's sake! |
B. adv. As an intensifier: too, very, extremely, much. Also in weakened use (cf. fucking adv.).
| 1990B. Roche Poor Beast in Rain in Wexford Trilogy (1992) 71 Will Wexford regain the McCarty Cup? Feckin' right we will. 1992 J. Nolan Moonshine 25, I think we'll be feckin' great. 1996 G. Linehan & A. Mathews Cigarettes Alcohol & Rollerblading (television script, penultimate draft) in Father Ted (1999) 194/1 You're feckin' worse: ‘Oh, Father, you're brilliant. Oh, Father, you should be Pope.’ 2001 Front 128 Let's just feckin eat 'em..roite here, roite now. |