Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foxtrot oscar

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables: fox-trot oscar
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Humorous; Slang

Example Sentences

"Sleeping rough after a heavy night is not a major priority to most of the local residents on any big city streets. He wasn't causing offence; if anything he was not cooperating with the crew, waking up and telling them to ‘foxtrot oscar’."

Etymology

From Foxtrot and Oscar, denoting the initials of fuck off in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

Usage

Inflected Forms

foxtrot oscars (present, singular) foxtrot oscaring (participle, present) foxtrot oscared (participle, past) foxtrot oscared (past)

Questions

What does foxtrot oscar mean?: To fuck off.
Where does foxtrot oscar come from?: From Foxtrot and Oscar, denoting the initials of fuck off in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

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