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insulting request to go away
Fuck off! Piss off! Bugger off! (GB) Sod off! (Gb) "Can
I have a word with you?"- "Fuck off!"
expression of unconcern (= I don't care)
I don't give a damn. I don't give a shit.
I don't give a fuck. I don't give a bugger. (GB)
"Mary's very angry with you." - "I
don't give a fuck."
violent refusal
(I'll be) damned if I will! (I'll be) fucked if I will!
(I'll be) buggered if I will! (GB) Stuff it! Get stuffed!
"Give me a kiss." - "Get stuffed"
"Mr Parsons wants you to clean out the
lavatories." - "Fucked if I
will."
expression of defiance
Balls! Balls to...! Bollocks! (all GB)
"You're afraid to fight!" - "Balls!"
"Balls to the lot of you - I am going
home!"
intensifying adjective/adverb (used to emphasize an emotion
such as surprise, anger, disappointment, contempt)
damn(ed) goddam (US) blasted (GB) bloody (G
B)
sodding (GB) bleeding (GB) fucking
Where's the bloody switch?
Put the fucking cat out!
It's bloody raining again.
That car's going damn(ed) fast.
She's a fucking marvellous singer.
When these words are used before verbs, the word well is
often added.
It's bloody well raining again!
I'm not fucking well paying this time.
I damn well hope you never come back!
miscellaneous
fuck (up), screw (up) and bugger (up) (GB) can
mean "ruin", "spoil" or "destroy".
You've buggered my watch!
Somebody's fucked up the TV.
Fucked and buggered can mean "exhausted"
(GB).
"Want another game of tennis?" - "No, I'm fucked."
Screw (especially US) can be used to mean
"cheat"
Don't buy a car from that garage - they'll screw
you.
Cock up (GB), balls up (GB), luck up and screw
up can be used (as verbs) to refer to mistakes of
organization.
That bloody secretary's ballsed
up my travel arrangements.
The nouns cock-up, balls-up, luck-up and screw-up are
used in the same sense.
Sorry you didn't get your invitation to
the party - Mary made a balls-up.
The conference was a complete fuck-up.
Balls (GB), bullshit (US) and crap are
used to mean "nonsense". Don't talk crap!
"What's his new book like?" - "A
load of balls."
Bugger all and fuck all are used in British
English to mean nothing'.
There's fuck all in the fridge. We'll
have to eat out. Pissed means drunk' in British English, and
fed up' in American English.
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