drop the f-bomb

verb

To utter the word fuck, especially in an inappropriate manner or setting.

Meanings

drop the f-bomb1

verbdrop the f-bomb (third-person singular simple present drops the f-bomb, present participle dropping the f-bomb, simple past and past participle dropped the f-bomb)

present singular third person drops the f-bomb · participle present dropping the f-bomb · participle past dropped the f-bomb · past dropped the f-bomb · alternative drop the F-bomb

  1. euphemisticidiomaticTo utter the word fuck, especially in an inappropriate manner or setting.

    From hip-hop artists to bloggers to the vice president of the United States, everyone's dropping the F-bomb.

    2006 June 25, Joel Achenbach, “Dropping the F-bomb”, in The Washington Post, page B01
    2 more examples

    I swear to God, I've never heard David (Robinson) or Avery (Johnson) swear. I sometimes sit down and think, "Gosh, I've never heard them drop the F-bomb."

    1999 June 16, Lisa Olsen, “Good Guys Wear Black”, in New York Daily News, retrieved 03 Jan 2009

    It's fitting that Clay Aiken, a man who rarely, if ever, drops the f-bomb, topped the list of the Ten Best-Mannered People of 2003.

    2003 December 19, “For The Record”, in MTV.com
  2. euphemisticidiomaticTo say the word faggot.

drop the F-bomb2

verbdrop the F-bomb (third-person singular simple present drops the F-bomb, present participle dropping the F-bomb, simple past and past participle dropped the F-bomb)

present singular third person drops the F-bomb · participle present dropping the F-bomb · participle past dropped the F-bomb · past dropped the F-bomb

  1. Alternative letter-case form of drop the f-bomb.
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