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- 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).
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- Taken from: "The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang" by
- John Ayto and John Simpson, Oxford University Press, 1992. p63
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