-fu

UK/fuː/

suffix

Used to form nouns indicating expertise or mastery of specified skill or area of knowledge.

“My Google-fu is weak!”

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Meanings

suffix
  1. slangUsed to form nouns indicating expertise or mastery of specified skill or area of knowledge.

    My Google-fu is weak!

    3 more examples

    Google + -fu → Google-fu

    script + -fu → script-fu

    Aragorn uses Ranger-fu to figure out that Sam and Frodo have taken a boat.

Origin

Back-formation from kung fu.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with -fu

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Sounds the same

foophoo
Cite this entry
APA

-fu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-fu

MLA

“-fu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-fu. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-fu,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-fu.

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