English

Alternative forms

• drop the F-bomb

Verb

drop the f-bomb

1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) To utter the word ****.
   • 1999, Lisa Olsen, "Good Guys Wear Black," New York Daily News, 16 June (retrieved 3 Jan. 2009):

     I swear to God, I've never heard David (Robinson) or Avery (Johnson) swear. I sometimes sit down and think, "Gosh, I've never heard them drop the F-bomb."

   • 2003, "For The Record," MTV.com. 19 Dec.:

     It's fitting that Clay Aiken, a man who rarely, if ever, drops the f-bomb, topped the list of the Ten Best-Mannered People of 2003.

   • 2006, June 25, Joel Achenbach, "Dropping the F-bomb", The Washington Post, p. B01:

     From hip-hop artists to bloggers to the vice president of the United States, everyone's dropping the F-bomb.