Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dafuq

/dəˈfʌk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English

Syllables: da-fuq
IPA: /dəˈfʌk/

18

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

The fuck, what the fuck.

Example Sentences

"Donnie: Where dafuq r u?"
"If you're lonely, do not be some stubborn brat who only needs company and will hump anything that'll walk and give you the time of day...like, dafuq do you think you are? Barney Stinson?"
"Alright OKCupid, in the first 10 questions you’ve already asked me if I’d rather be normal or weird, if I’m happy, and if religion or race matters to me. Dafuq OKCupid? I thought you were cool and the questions would be about my favorite super power (invisibility, duh), or which Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle I most closely align with (Michelangelo)."

Etymology

Altered form of the fuck.

Inflected Forms

dafaq (alternative)

Synonyms

the dickens

Rhymes With

fuck luck stuck truck bed truck struck suck duck chuck buck pressed duck puck

Questions

How do you pronounce dafuq?: The recorded pronunciation is /dəˈfʌk/.
What does dafuq mean?: The fuck, what the fuck.
Where does dafuq come from?: Altered form of the fuck.

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