fugging
Stuffing with staleness
Fugging is a euphemistic alteration of fucking, used to avoid the vulgarity while retaining the emphasis.
The substitution gained literary fame when Norman Mailer used "fug" throughout *The Naked and the Dead* (1948) to satisfy his publisher's censorship concerns.
The word appears as both verb and intensifier: What the fug is going on?
This fugging printer won't work.
Replacement for another
- sanitizedCleansed of contaminants
- bowdlerizeRemove objectionable content
- freakingMild intensifying expletive
- friggingMild expletive intensifier
flipping · effing · darn · heck · gosh · shoot · fudge · sugar
Vulgar or obscene speech
- forbiddenNot allowed
- unspeakableBeyond verbal expression
- prohibitedOfficially not permitted
- unmentionableToo shameful to discuss
inappropriate · indecent · unacceptable · banned · scandalous · improper · off-limits · restricted
Something that strengthens
- expletiveProfane emotional utterance
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
- exasperationIntense weary annoyance
- angerIntense hostile emotion
exclamation · outburst · venting · emotional · heated · passionate · forceful · emphatic
substitute
Replacement for another
- sanitizedCleansed of contaminants
- bowdlerizeRemove objectionable content
- freakingMild intensifying expletive
frigging · flipping · effing · darn · heck · gosh · shoot · fudge · sugar · censored
profanity
Vulgar or obscene speech
- forbiddenNot allowed
- unspeakableBeyond verbal expression
- prohibitedOfficially not permitted
unmentionable · inappropriate · indecent · unacceptable · banned · scandalous · improper · off-limits · restricted · verboten
intensifier
Something that strengthens
- expletiveProfane emotional utterance
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
- exasperationIntense weary annoyance
anger · exclamation · outburst · venting · emotional · heated · passionate · forceful · emphatic
fuggingairing out
Exposing to fresh atmosphere
ventilating · freshening · airing · opening windows · clearing the air