frigging

«frigging» in Mova's school dictionary: a stand-in for the f-word to show anger or for emphasis:… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective and adverb (frigging — slang intensifier, UK, Ireland, US); verb form (frig, frigs, frigged, frigging)

meaning for a pupil

1) (rude slang) a stand-in for the f-word to show anger or for emphasis: «the frigging car won't start». tree →

2) «frig about / frig around» (UK slang, rude) waste time doing silly things. tree →

sense in the lessons

Rough slang, a little milder than the word it replaces but still considered vulgar by many; heard in arguments and on TV. UK, Ireland, Canada and US. Not for school or polite talk.

examples

• The frigging car won't start again. tree →
• Stop frigging about and help me. tree →
• It's frigging freezing in here. tree →
• Where's the frigging remote? tree →
• He spent all day frigging around with his bike. tree →
• Who left the frigging gate open? tree →
• Frigging hell, that was loud! tree →
• Teachers count "frigging" as swearing, so don't say it in class. tree →

note

Trap: stronger and cruder than «flipping» or «freaking»; many adults see it as real swearing. Avoid it. Plain meaning: very, annoying; «frig about» = mess about.

In the corpora

• "Frigging" is a slangy stand-in for the f-word, used to show anger.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «frigging» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.