fuckery

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

fuck +‎ -ery

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʌkəɹi/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: fuck‧ery

Noun[edit]

fuckery (countable and uncountable, plural fuckeries)

  1. (vulgar, slang, uncountable) Nonsense, bullshit. Or, messing around.
    endless stream of fuckery
    • 1992, Stephen King, Dolores Claiborne, page 97:
      Just the same, I knew that Mr Pease was gonna tell me my husband had been up to fuckery, and once I got into his office, that was just what he did tell me.
    • 2006, Amy Winehouse (lyrics and music), “Me & Mr Jones”, in Back to Black, Island Records:
      What kind of fuckery is this? / You made me miss the Slick Rick gig
    • 2019 November 20, Roger Hallam, quotee, “Roger Hallam calls Holocaust "just another fuckery in human history"”, in Die Zeit[1]:
      Roger Hallam, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, has said the Holocaust was "just another fuckery in human history".
  2. (vulgar, slang, countable) A brothel.
  3. (vulgar, slang, uncountable) Sexual intercourse.
  4. (Jamaica, vulgar, slang, uncountable) An unfair or morally wrong action.

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Descendants[edit]

  • Jamaican Creole: fuckery, fuckeries, fuckry, fuckries

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Jamaican Creole[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English fuckery.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʌkɹɪ/
  • Hyphenation: fuck‧ery

Noun[edit]

fuckery

  1. (vulgar, slang) fuckery, bullshit
    $257 fi one dozen ackee? Fuckery a gwaan man.
    J$257 for a dozen ackees? That's bullshit, man.
  2. (vulgar, slang) injustice, unruliness
    Fuckery a gwaan an evrybaddi keep quiet.
    This is a bloody injustice and nobody's saying a word.