drop the f-bomb

See also: drop the F-bomb

English

Alternative forms

• drop the F-bomb

Pronunciation

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Verb

drop the f-bomb (third-person singular simple present drops the f-bomb, present participle dropping the f-bomb, simple past and past participle dropped the f-bomb)

1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) To utter the word fuck, especially in an inappropriate manner or setting.
   • 1999 June 16, Lisa Olsen, “Good Guys Wear Black”, in New York Daily News, retrieved 3 Jan. 2009:

     I swear to God, I've never heard David (Robinson) or Avery (Johnson) swear. I sometimes sit down and think, "Gosh, I've never heard them drop the F-bomb."

   • 2003 December 19, “For The Record”, in MTV.com:

     It's fitting that Clay Aiken, a man who rarely, if ever, drops the f-bomb, topped the list of the Ten Best-Mannered People of 2003.

   • 2006 June 25, Joel Achenbach, “Dropping the F-bomb”, in The Washington Post, page B01:

     From hip-hop artists to bloggers to the vice president of the United States, everyone's dropping the F-bomb.

2. (idiomatic, euphemistic) To say the word faggot.