Frigging

Frigging is a mild expletive used as an intensifier or adjective in English. It is a minced oath, a softened form of a stronger profanity associated with the F-word, adopted to convey emphasis while avoiding explicit language.

Origin and usage: Frigging appears in 20th-century English as part of a broader pattern of replacing taboo words with less offensive alternatives. It is found in both American and British usage, with spellings such as frigging, friggin’, and friggin. As a word class, it functions as an adjective or adverb, modifying nouns or adjectives: "frigging weather," "frigging incredible," or "that was a frigging mess."

Social and media context: It is common in casual speech, humor, and media that permit mild profanity. Acceptability varies by audience and setting; it is typically avoided in formal writing and in contexts requiring strict censorship.

Variants and related terms: It is part of a family of minced oaths and euphemisms that soften profanity; related forms include friggin’ and other short forms of the same root.

See also: minced oath, euphemism, profanity, expletive.