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Idiom

for fucking out loud

Vulgar

Meaning

Synonym of for crying out loud.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“For fucking out loud, just tell me the truth.”

“For fucking out loud, I have been waiting in this line for over an hour.”

“For fucking out loud, he shouted, slamming the door after the project failed for the third time.”

Examples

simple

“For fucking out loud, just tell me the truth.”

contextual

“For fucking out loud, I have been waiting in this line for over an hour.”

complex

“For fucking out loud, he shouted, slamming the door after the project failed for the third time.”

Origin

A vulgar intensification of the interjection for Christ's sake, substituting a profanity for the religious figure to provide additional emphasis.

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