What Does “F—Ing Saint” Mean?

[Indysoda]

What does it mean to say “that guy is a f—-ing saint”? (English is not my first language)

[bookbinder]

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.

[barry1010]

You can ignore the F word - it's just for emphasis. It means the speaker thinks the guy has done something good, something saintly.

[EdmundD]

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.

[Jackdaw33]

The French equivalent is 'foutu' which is used in the same contexts but is not considered as obscene as 'f---ing'.

[KARL]

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.

[DTCwordfan]

It means he has Tourette's.

[Jackdaw33]

You should have been in the Forces in the 60s. F was every other word, except when addressing officers. It was considered harmless.

[woofgang]

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

[Atheist]

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!"

[Jackdaw33]

I like it: adjective, noun, adverb, verb - all from one word.

[lankeela]

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