effing nuisance


something extremely irritating

TRANSLATION

an effing nuisance = ein richtiges Ärgernis

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

These frames, with all of the scrolling and clicking the news items off every time I visit the site, is an EFFING NUISANCE.

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And let's be honest, when you're at a football match and some idiot in front of you starts waving anything bigger than a handkerchief, it's an EFFING NUISANCE.

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effing nuisance (British)
colloquial noun phrase

- extremely annoying

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BACKGROUND

Eff is the phonetic equivalent of the letter "F".

In an annoying situation when one feels like saying a four-letter word that starts with the letter F, an alternative is to say "effing" instead of the obscene "F-word". It's like using a swear word without swearing.

In this case "effing" is synonymous with words like the very British bloody as well as blooming, blinking, flaming, damned, fricking/freaking (made-up words that "coincidentally" begin with F).

Although "effing" is intended as a less-offensive substitute for the famous F-word, some people may still find it objectionable. In general, caution is advised when using it.

On the other hand, all languages have their colourful sides, which we at least need to understand.


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PRACTICE OWAD TODAY WITH CAUTION !!!

"This printer has never worked properly. It's an EFFING NUISANCE!"


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behutsam, umsichtig, vorsichtig = G_______

"We must be careful to handle this sensitive issue very G_______."

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GINGERLY

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