# holy fuck

idiom · Vulgar

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/holy-fuck
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

Expression of terror, awe, surprise, shock, etc.

## Examples

- Holy fuck, look at that massive spider on the wall.
- When the car suddenly swerved into our lane, I shouted, holy fuck, and grabbed the door handle.
- Upon witnessing the sheer scale of the destruction left by the storm, she could only whisper, holy fuck, as the reality of the situation set in.

## Origin

From *holy* + *fuck*. The expression is a dysphemism modelled after the earlier *holy shit*.

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