Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A suffix used to from present participles.
- A suffix used to form nouns from verbs, and signifying the act of; the result of the act. It has also a secondary collective force.
- A suffix formerly used to form diminutives.
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- suffix Forming
derivative nouns (originally masculine), with thesense ‘son of,belonging to’, aspatronymics ordiminutives . - suffix Having a specifed quality, characteristic, or nature; of the kind of
- suffix Used to form
gerunds , a type ofverbal nouns , from verbs. - suffix Used to form
uncountable nouns from variousparts of speech denoting materials or systems of objects considered collectively. - suffix Used to form nouns of the
action or the procedure of a verb; usually identical with meaning 1. in the English language or expressed with-tion instead - suffix Used to form
present participles ofverbs .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I'm not perfect, and bitching and just delivering the goods at every f---ing turn.
Charlie Sheen's Radio Rant: Bashes Men Creator, Calls Women "Turds" 2011
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"The only difference is: I'm not f---ing interested in her."
Top Moments: Bachelorette's Bad Boy, a Weird Weiner and The World According to Palin 2011
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"Let these good people practice their Constitutional right to be f---ing idiots," says Pam of the protesters outside Fangtasia, which is where Jessica flees after a tiff with Hoyt.
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The condition is called misophonia -- literally "hatred of sound" -- and occurs when a common noise, whether it's something like a person chewing loudly, water dripping or someone "ahem"-ing, causes you to become anxious or angry, more so than a typical response, TODAY reported.
Misophonia: When Annoying Noises Send You Into A Rage The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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One is reminded of the unmannerly exclamation, sometimes attributed to C.S. Lewis, that interrupted one of Tolkien's readings of "The Lord of the Rings" to his Oxford colleagues: "Oh no, not another f---ing elf!"
Writers at Work, Seeking a Spark Elizabeth Lowry 2011
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Millions of people are crying right now, shut your fat f---ing mouth!
Bam Margera Slams Roger Ebert Over Tweet; Ryan Dunn's Passenger Identified 2011
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If you look at the score sheet, if you look at what it's really cost her, she's a f---ing mess.
Nurse Jackie Finale Postmortem: Executive Producer Liz Brixius on Luck, Lies and Season 4 2011
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I think she's a f---ing awesome person and an incredible actress.
Shia LaBeouf: I Hooked Up with Megan Fox on Transformers 2011
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Es, Gs and Os are common letters in English and can often be moved around in a phrase verbs give you "–ed" and "-ing" to play with, and "of" can be massaged into any position.
Trial by Letter for a Translator David Bellos 2011
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The condition is called misophonia -- literally "hatred of sound" -- and occurs when a common noise, whether it's something like a person chewing loudly, water dripping or someone "ahem"-ing, causes you to become anxious or angry, more so than a typical response, TODAY reported.
Misophonia: When Annoying Noises Send You Into A Rage The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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