Slang & Idioms Starting with "F"

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• FA Cup Oldest football cup competition in the world.
• Fabulous Wonderful, amazing.
• Faff Waste time, dither
• Faff about To waste time doing unimportant things (British)
• Fag A cigarette (British).
• Fair and square Honestly and according to the rules.
• Fair Dinkum Genuine, real, honest, true
• Fair Dos That's fair; acknowledging fairness
• Fair Enough That's reasonable, I accept that
• Fair play Well done, respect (Irish/British)
• Fairy Cake Small cupcake
• Fall at the first hurdle To fail at the very beginning of an attempt.
• Fall guy Someone who takes the blame for others.
• Fall out To have a serious argument that damages a relationship
• Fall through To fail to happen or be completed.
• False nine Striker who drops deep instead of staying forward.
• Fam Close friends; trusted people; can be used as a form of address.
• Famished Extremely hungry
• Fancy Be attracted to, have romantic interest in (British).
• Fancy someone To be attracted to someone (British)
• Fanum tax Taking a bite of someone's food without asking.
• Fart Expelling gas from the digestive system through the anus.
• Fed Up Frustrated, having had enough
• feel someone's collar to arrest someone
• Feeling blue Feeling sad or depressed.
• Feeling peaky Looking or feeling unwell; appearing pale and sickly.
• fell flat failed completely
• Fell off Became less popular or relevant; declined in quality or status.
• Fella Boyfriend, man, guy (British informal).
• Fender bender A minor car accident with little damage.
• Feral Wild, unhinged, or extremely enthusiastic in a chaotic way.
• Fergie time Extended injury time when Manchester United needed a goal.
• Fight like cat and dog To argue or fight constantly.
• Fighting fit In excellent physical condition; very healthy.
• Filthy Lucre Money, especially dishonestly gained
• Fingered Identified or named as a criminal; pointed out to authorities.
• Fingers Crossed Hoping for good luck or a good outcome
• Finishing school School teaching upper-class social graces
• Finsta A fake/secondary Instagram account for close friends.
• Fire Excellent; amazing; very good.
• First Rate Excellent, of the best quality.
• Fisherman's daughter Water.
• Fit Attractive, good-looking (British slang).
• fit as a fiddle in excellent health
• Fit to Burst Overwhelmed with emotion, barely able to contain it
• Fit-up To frame someone for a crime they didn't commit.
• fitted up framed for a crime
• Five-finger discount Stealing (humorous euphemism).
• Fiver A five pound note
• Fixture Scheduled match.
• Fizzy drink A carbonated soft drink (British)
• Flank The side of a military formation; to attack from the side
• Flannel Washcloth
• Flat Lacking energy or enthusiasm, emotionally drained
• Flat Apartment
• Flat Broke Completely without money
• Flat tyre/tire A punctured or deflated tire.
• Flex To show off, especially on social media.
• Flipping Euphemism for 'fucking'; British mild intensifier.
• Flop A complete failure, especially of a performance or product.
• Flop era A period of failure, unpopularity, or poor performance.
• flunk fail an exam or course
• Flush Having plenty of money (temporarily)
• fly by the seat of your pants improvise without proper preparation
• Fly in the ointment A small problem that spoils something otherwise good.
• Fly off the shelves To sell very quickly.
• Fly on the wall An unnoticed observer; to secretly witness something.
• Flying High Extremely happy, successful, or confident
• FOMO Fear Of Missing Out—anxiety about missing experiences.
• Fool A silly or stupid person.
• Foot the bill To pay for something, especially the total cost
• For What It's Worth In case it helps; this may or may not be valuable
• Fork Out To pay, often reluctantly or for something expensive
• form criminal record
• Form Current run of results or performances.
• Fortnight Two weeks
• Fortress Home ground where team is nearly unbeatable.
• Forty winks A short nap.
• Foul Very bad weather.
• Four Seasons in One Day Rapidly changing weather.
• Fr fr For real for real; genuine emphasis, not joking.
• Fragile Hungover; feeling delicate after drinking.
• Frame Behave, shape up, get on with it (Yorkshire).
• Frazzled Exhausted and stressed, worn to a frayed edge
• Freaked Out Extremely scared, anxious, or agitated
• Free kick Dead ball kick awarded for fouls.
• Freelancer A self-employed person offering services to multiple clients
• Freezing Very cold
• Freshen up Polite euphemism for using the bathroom/toilet.
• friend zone categorised as friend not romantic prospect
• Friendly fire Accidental attack on one's own forces; criticism from allies
• Friendzoned Rejected romantically but offered friendship instead.
• Frigging Euphemism for 'fucking'; intensifier.
• Fringe Bangs (hair cut across forehead).
• Frog and toad Road.
• Front line The most forward position; direct contact with situation
• Front runner The leading candidate or competitor.
• Fruit machine A gambling slot machine found in pubs.
• fry-up fried breakfast
• FUBAR Completely messed up (military acronym)
• Fuck Extremely versatile strong profanity; used for emphasis, anger, or as an expl...
• Fucking hell Strong exclamation of surprise, frustration, or amazement.
• Fudge Euphemism for 'fuck'; family-friendly substitute.
• full court press aggressive all-out effort
• full English traditional English breakfast
• Full of beans Lively and full of energy.
• Full up Completely full after eating (British)
• Full-court press An aggressive all-out effort.
• Full-time End of the match after 90 minutes.
• Fuming Extremely angry
• Funny turn A brief spell of feeling unwell or dizzy.