feck
Gumption or effectiveness
Feck is an Irish English word with two distinct uses.
As a noun, it means effect, value, or substance—surviving mainly in the adjective feckless (lacking purpose or vitality).
As a mild expletive, feck serves as a euphemistic substitute for fuck, popularized by the sitcom *Father Ted*: Oh, feck off!
The expletive carries less vulgarity than its stronger cousin.
Irish word for fun
- blarneyFlattering but hollow speech
- eejitFoolish person, Irish dialect
- gobshiteStupid, mouthy person
- begorraIrish euphemistic exclamation
Gaelic · Dublin · colloquial · Celtic · brogue · Hibernian · slang · euphemism
Mild frustrated exclamation
- darnRepair by weaving
- goshTame exclamation of surprise
- shootDischarge or capture
- frickTame curse substitute
freaking · flipping · blooming · blasted · substitute · censored · bowdlerized · softened
craic
Irish word for fun
begorra · Gaelic · Dublin · colloquial · Celtic · brogue · Hibernian · slang · euphemism · vernacular
heck
Mild frustrated exclamation
frick · freaking · flipping · blooming · blasted · substitute · censored · bowdlerized · softened · family-friendly
swipe
Quick sliding motion
snatch · lift · take · thieve · filch · purloin · nab · snag · pocket · rob
hurl
Throw with great force
feckfecklessness
Irresponsible lack of initiative
laziness · ineffectiveness · uselessness · purposelessness · inefficacy
feckfecklessness
Irresponsible lack of initiative
laziness · lethargy · torpor · listlessness · apathy
effect, effects, effective, feckless, defective, effectively, ineffective, affectation, ineffectual