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feck
/fɛk/FECK
Local meaning
A mild-to-strong exclamation or verb used in place of a more explicit swear word.
Feck can express annoyance, emphasis, dismissal, surprise, or refusal. Although often treated as softer than the swear word it replaces, it is still marked language and can sound rude or aggressive.
Examples in context
- Feck it, we’ll try again tomorrow.
- Where did I put the fecking charger?
How it is used
Different phrases have different force: “feck it” may be resigned, while “feck off” is directly dismissive.
Frustrated, comic, emphatic, angry, resigned, or irreverent.
Informal conversation, comedy, arguments, and self-directed frustration.
Commonly understood in Ireland; naturalness varies by region, generation, and relationship.
It is not neutral just because it is sometimes used humorously.
Spelling and scope
Contemporary Irish English, with regional and generational variation.
- Search and reference forms
feck itfeck offfeckingfecked
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Common patterns
- feck it
- feck off
- fecking eejit
- I’m fecked
Read next
All words →Evidence and further reading
These sources support the vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, or cultural context. The entry remains open to correction from Irish speakers, regional communities, and qualified reviewers.
- Feck — English meaningCambridge Dictionary
Dictionary definition and register label for the Irish English exclamation and verb feck.
- The Vocabulary of Irish EnglishOxford Academic
Scholarly chapter on the vocabulary of Irish English and the corpus evidence used to describe it.