The F-Word (29 page)

fuck the dog
, see under
DOG
.

fuck the duck
, see under
DUCK
.

fuck this shit
(used to dismiss a situation); “to hell with this.”

1968
L. Yablonsky
Hippie Trip
206: I said fuck this shit and moved over here.
1973
J. P. Donleavy
Fairy Tale of N.Y.
74: I said fuck this shit I’m getting out of here and going there.
1983
D. Mamet
Glengarry Glen Ross
62: What the fuck am I wasting my time, fuck this shit.
1990
G. Lee
China Boy
92: Le’s fuck dis shit an leave da sucka be.
1995
C. Sorrentino
Sound on Sound
131: Who cares, fuck this shit.
2006
C. Messud
Emperor’s Children
270: Fuck this shit, man. Fuck this shit.

fuck wise
, to act or speak like a know-it-all.

1979
D. Gram
Boulevard Nights
49: “Don’t fuck wise!” shot back Chuco.

fuck you
, (used to express hostility or contempt); “go to hell!” See also sense 4.b., above,
fuck you and the horse you rode in on
, and
fuck you very much,
below.

[
1905
Independent
(Mar. 2) 486: “D—n you, Jack, I’m all right,” is being gradually adopted by the lords of the forecastle and quarter deck alike in place of the old time motto of generous consideration that was world famous, “Remember Your Shipmates.”]
ca
1915
in J. Brophy & Partridge
Long Trail
229: Dieu et mon droit./F— you, Jack, I’m all right.
1916
A. Tiveychoc
Diary
(June 16) in B. Gammage
Broken Years
(1974) 126: Goodbye and — you!
1916–18
in
Notes & Queries
(Nov. 19, 1921) 417: — you, Jack, I’m in the lifeboat.
1931
J. Dos Passos
Nineteen Nineteen
249 [refers to WWI]: Hey sojer your tunic’s unbuttoned (f—k you buddy).
1934
H. Roth
Call It Sleep
420 [refers to
ca
1910]: Yu crummy bastard.… Fuck yiz!
1935
H. McCoy
They Shoot Horses
37: “F— you,” Gloria said.
1942
R. Tregaskis
Guadalcanal Diary
(Sept. 1): “F— you, Mac,” he said, indulging in the marines’ favorite word.
1951
J. D. Salinger
Catcher in the Rye
201: Somebody’d written “Fuck you” on the wall. It drove me damn near crazy. I thought how Phoebe and all the other little kids would see it, and how they’d wonder what the hell it meant.… I kept wanting to kill whoever’d written it.
1962
E. Albee
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
13:
George
…Alright, love…whatever love wants. Isn’t it nice the way some people have manners, though, even in this day and age? Isn’t it nice that some people won’t just come breaking into other people’s houses even if they
do
hear some subhuman monster yowling at ’em from inside…?
Martha
. FUCK YOU!
1969
M. Puzo
Godfather
187: “You can’t fire me?” Nino said with drunken cunning. “No,” Johnny said. “Then fuck you.”
1978
L. K. Truscott
Dress Gray
291: Fuck you and all you “know” about that war.… So fuck you and your uppity crap about me and West Point and the army and Vietnam.
1983
D. Mamet
Glengarry Glen Ross
42: And fuck you. Fuck the lot of you. Fuck you all.
1976–84
A. M. Ettinger & A. C. Ettinger
Doughboy with Fighting 69th
8 [refers to 1918]: Fuck you. If you got any sisters, fuck them too.
1990
in N. George
Buppies, B-Boys
143: Robin made saying “Fuck you” an art form.
1997
A. Nersesian
Fuck-Up
74: “Fuck you!” I shouted unconcerned that we were the center of attention in the place…“Well fuck you too!” she yelled back and vanished back into the masses.
2006
in L. McNeil & G. McCain
Please Kill Me
418: I was like, “
Fuck you! Fuck you! Fuck you! Fuck you!
Oh, sorry, Mom.”
2007
J. Hayes
Precious Blood
273: Fuck you! Fuck you, you fucking
coward
!

fuck you and the horse you rode in on
(an elaborated and intensified form of)
fuck you
, above.

1967
A. Dubus
Lieutenant
6: Use[d] disrespectful language to Corporal Bradley…to wit, “Fuck you and the horse you rode in on, Mac” or words to that effect.
1971
G. V. Higgins
Friends of Eddie Coyle
92: Fuck you, lady,…
and
the horse you rode in on.
1972–76
C. Durden
No Bugles, No Drums
78: Fuck you…’n’ the horse you rode in on.
1992
M. Crichton
Rising Sun
111: “Senator Rowe…I’m afraid I’ll have to ask you to —” “Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.”
2004
New York Magazine
(Aug. 9) 44/2: In the elevator, a bunch of…attorneys rode down together. A message flashed on all their BlackBerries. It was from London: “Fuck [assistant district attorney] Moscow and the horse he rode in on.”
2008
S. Paretsky
Bleeding Kansas
391: “Beelzebub, Demon Alcohol, Demon Gluttony, in the Holy Name of Jesus I cast you out! Leave this woman and leave this place!” “Fuck you, and the horse you rode in on, too!” Elaine yelled.

fuck you very much
(used as a sarcastic or blatantly insincere expression of undeserved thanks).

a
1976
T. McNally
Ritz & Other Plays
159: Fuck you, ducky, fuck you very much. Nice place you got here.
1978
A. Maupin
Tales of the City
70: Fuck you very much.
1981
J. Wambaugh
Glitter Dome
41: Good luck to the first team and fuck you very much.
1985
T. Kidder
House
256: We Sincerely Appreciate Your Criticism[/]Fuck You Very Much.
1991
D. Gates
Jernigan
77: Absolutely nothing to lose at this point. “Well, fuck you very much,” I said.
1991
M. Lackey
Jinx High
143: “And fuck you very much, sir,” she said mockingly to the handset as she put it down on the tray.
1998
E. J. Dickey
Milk in My Coffee
42: “Kim, why—” “
Kimberly
. My damn name is
Kimberly
, fuck you very much.”
2007
G. Kaplan
Evil, Inc.
lx. 164: “Sure,” Ken said, pulling his arm away from the goon’s grip, “fuck you very much.”

get fucked!
(used to express hostility or contempt); go to hell!