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Idiom idiom

mercy fuck

Vulgar

An act of sexual intercourse performed out of pity for the other person's inadequate sex life.

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


SIMPLE

He knew it was a mercy fuck, but he did not care.

CONTEXTUAL

She felt guilty about his loneliness and decided to give him a mercy fuck.

COMPLEX

The encounter was clearly a mercy fuck, leaving him with a hollow sense of shame rather than the connection he had desperately sought.


Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    fuck if I know

    I have no idea whatsoever

  2. 02

    fuck it

    An expression of great indifference or nonchalance.

  3. 03

    fuck knows

    I don't know; nobody knows; it is unclear.

  4. 04

    fuck off

    To go to hell; to disappear or go away; to screw oneself.

  5. 05

    fuck someone upside down

    To give someone a bad scolding.

  6. 06

    fuck someone's brains out

    To sexually penetrate (or be penetrated) in a vigorous but pleasurable manner.

  7. 07

    fuck this

    A dismissive expression of great indifference or nonchalance.

  8. 08

    fuck with

    To interact with in a careless or inappropriate way.

Last updated August 10, 2026