核心畫面

Think of it as a volume rather than a word with a meaning of its own. It is dropped into a sentence, the sentence keeps saying exactly what it said before, and everything about it gets louder. Because the is made from a taboo word, turning it up is also a signal about the speaker: this person is angry enough, or enough, not to care where they are.

可以想成一顆音量鈕,而不是一個有意思的字。把它塞進句子裡,句子講的事情完全沒變,只是整句變大聲。因為這顆鈕是用禁忌字更多收起可以想成一顆音量鈕,而不是一個有意思的字。把它塞進句子裡,句子講的事情完全沒變,只是整句變大聲。因為這顆鈕是用禁忌字做的,轉大聲的同時也透露了說話的人:他火到、或爽到,已經不管場合了。所以看到它,先別問它「是什麼意思」,要問「情緒開到多大」。

From the word’s history

From the verb fuck plus -ing; the form began as the present participle of the verb.

由動詞 fuck 加上 -ing 構成,本來是動詞的現在分詞。可以想成這個分詞後來離開了動詞,被拿去擺在別的字前面,只負責加音量。

Wiktionary, entry 'fucking' (adj), etymology tree 'From fuck + -ing', source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:417089564

Two branches

把火氣放出來

音量鈕轉到底,而且轉的人正在生氣。

adjective · B2

A very rude word put in front of a noun to show that the speaker is angry or annoyed. It adds no meaning of its own; it only shows how strong the feeling is.

他媽的(生氣時的加強語)

把評價開到最大聲

同一顆鈕,這次轉的不是怒氣,是評價的力道。

adjective · B2

The same very rude word used to make an opinion stronger, whether the opinion is good or bad: fucking good coffee, a fucking idiot.

有夠…/超…(加強評價)