Meanings
interjection
alternative initialism FFS · alternative initialism ffs · alternative fuck's sake · alternative fuck sake
- colloquialidiomaticvulgarAn expression of anger or frustration.
For fuck's sake, shut Nicola up!
2 more examples
I've told you a million times already, for fuck's sake!
―I have to go, you're on your own. ―For fuck's sake, really?
Synonyms: FFS, for Christ's sake, for cripes' sake, for crying in the beer, for crying out loud, for fucking out loud, for God's sake, for goodness' sake
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionAn expression of anger or frustration.
Similar
FFSfor Christ's sakefor cripes' sakefor crying in the beerfor crying out loudfor fucking out loudfor God's sakefor goodness' sakefor heaven's sakefor mercy's sakefor Pete's sakefor pity's sakefor the love of all that is holyfor the love of Betsyfor the love of Godfor the love of Mikefor the love of Mosesfor the love of fuckfor the love of Pete
Origin
Dysphemistically modelled after for Christ's sake. The word fuck is personified.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian да го еба, на майка му путката
- да го еба (da go eba)expressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- на майка му путката (na majka mu putkata)expressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
Chinese Cantonese 屌你老母
- 屌你老母expressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
Danish for helvede, for fanden
- for helvedeexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- for fandenexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
Finnish voi vittu sentään
- voi vittu sentäänexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
French putain, putain de merde
- putainexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- putain de merdeexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- putain de bordel de merdeexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- nom de Dieuexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- bon Dieuexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- bon sangexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- bordel de Dieuexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
German verfickt nochmal, verfickte Scheiße
- verfickt nochmalexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- verfickte Scheißeexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
Greek γαμώ το, γαμώ τη
- γαμώ το (gamó to)expressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- γαμώ τη (gamó ti)expressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
Icelandic í guðanna bænum
- í guðanna bænumexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
Italian e che cazzo
- e che cazzoexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
Polish do kurwy nędzy, do chuja pana
- do kurwy nędzyexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- do chuja panaexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- do pizdy nędzyexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- do chuja waflaexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
Portuguese puta merda, pelo amor de deus
- puta merdaexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- pelo amor de deusexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
Romanian futu-i mama mă-sii, în pizda mă-sii
- futu-i mama mă-siiexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- în pizda mă-siiexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- în pula meaexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- în slobozexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- în morții mă-siiexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- în dumnezeii mă-siiexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- în futereexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
Russian чёрт возьми, чёрт побери
- чёрт возьми (čort vozʹmi)expressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- чёрт побери (čort poberi)expressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- да блядь (da bljadʹ)expressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
Scottish Gaelic pit air iteig
- pit air iteigexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
Slovak kurvafix
- kurvafixexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
Spanish puta madre, chingado
- puta madreexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- chingadoexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- madre de diosexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- por la gran putaexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- por la vida de las putasexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
Swedish för i helvete, för helvete
- för i helveteexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- för helveteexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
- för fanexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
Turkish amına koyayım
- amına koyayımexpressing anger, frustration, subtle annoyance
Cite this entry
APA
for fuck's sake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20fuck's%20sake
MLA
“for fuck's sake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20fuck's%20sake. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “for fuck's sake,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20fuck's%20sake.
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