Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fuckery

/ˈfʌkəɹi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English

Syllables: fuck-ery
IPA: /ˈfʌkəɹi/

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Nonsense, bullshit, or underhanded trickery.

Slang; Uncountable

noun

Countable; Slang

noun

Sexual intercourse.

Slang; Uncountable

noun

An unfair or morally wrong action.

Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"an endless stream of fuckery"
"“I think what happened in June happened because too many people were playing it a little too close. That wasn’t any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery.”"
"Just the same, I knew that Mr Pease was gonna tell me my husband had been up to fuckery, and once I got into his office, that was just what he did tell me."
"What kind of fuckery is this? / You made me miss the Slick Rick gig"
"Roger Hallam, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, has said the Holocaust was "just another fuckery in human history"."
"I need a job to prove that I need day care in order to get a job? What kind of fuckery is that?"

Etymology

From fuck + -ery.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fuck

Usage

Inflected Forms

fuckeries (plural)

Derived Forms

headfuckery motherfuckery upfuckery

Phrases

mind-fuckery

Frequently Paired Words

fuckdom fuckedness fuckedupedness fuckedupness fuckhood fucking fuckship

Questions

How do you pronounce fuckery?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfʌkəɹi/.
What does fuckery mean?: Nonsense, bullshit, or underhanded trickery.
Where does fuckery come from?: From fuck + -ery.

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