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What Does “F—Ing Saint” Mean?

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Indysoda | 18:00 Tue 16th Feb 2021 | Phrases & Sayings
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What does it mean to say “that guy is a f—-ing saint”? (English is not my first language)
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You can ignore the F word - it's just for emphasis. It means the speaker thinks the guy has done something good, something saintly.
18:08 Tue 16th Feb 2021
Using the F word is just a means of emphasis. It's the equivalent of 'a genuine, real, proper, jolly good' fellow. It has nothing to do with the act of copulation.
You can ignore the F word - it's just for emphasis. It means the speaker thinks the guy has done something good, something saintly.
The F word is one of the most versatile in the English language. It can be used to express joy, dismay, shock, disbelief, frustration and a host of other emotions.

It can be used as a verb, an adjective, a noun, an adverb and a modifier.
The French equivalent is 'foutu' which is used in the same contexts but is not considered as obscene as 'f---ing'.
The F expletive is by now absurdly overused to the point where some people are unable to utter a sentence without it. Conversationally it points to the user being particularly incompetent when it comes to conversation.
It means he has Tourette's.
You should have been in the Forces in the 60s. F was every other word, except when addressing officers. It was considered harmless.
getting back to the original question, I think it might also be used ironically when someone is praised to the skies for doing something not very heroic
Anthony Burgess used the f-word to demonstrate a sentence which had no traditionally meaningful nouns, adjectives, verbs or adverbs, but still made complete sense. The sergeant had a vehicle that had broken down, and when the officer asked what was the problem the sergeant replied, 'The ***in' f*cker's ***in' f*cked! Sah!"
I like it: adjective, noun, adverb, verb - all from one word.
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