1 Originally, "freaking" was considered a substitute to the more vulgar curse word starting with an 'F', so I would say it is not offensive but the offensiveness also relies heavily on the interpretation of the …

Dec 8, 2018 · I am not sure about the usage of freak out - it means wildly irrational behaviour? Can we say for example that when someone is not doing something like expected is freaking out? I will give …

Nov 8, 2018 · To my ears, "freaking" is slightly stronger than "flipping" - perhaps because "flipping" is typically just used for emphasis and has no literal interpretation whereas "freaking" sometimes is …

Feb 27, 2021 · Party A is playing computer games during work hours. Party B approaches and says: "Isn't it too soon to be playing?" The intended meaning being that since it is still during …

Feb 7, 2017 · "Freaking" is a less obscene version of the curse "fucking", which is used to add emphasis. The word refers to intercourse, but is frequently used as either an exclamation (e.g. …

Dec 13, 2014 · You scared the crap out of me! frickin’ or freaking (instead of fucking) : There's no freaking way I'm paying that much for this car. I won't look these all up, but NOAD does say: jeepers …

See this usage chart, showing that we much prefer Why isn't it working? over Why doesn't it work? (when contracted; uncontracted Why is not it working isn't remotely idiomatic).

Well, I think it’s a shit. I’m standing up and freaking out – totally freaking out – and shouting “This is a shit! This is an actual human shit!” It's a short excerpt from a book by a British writer. As far as I …

Jan 10, 2026 · Is it a feature of AmE to add 'for' in 'What so many men would love for you to understand is that they don't do that to you.' If it works for 'They wanted for him to take up the job' too, how is it

Note that what the hell (or the more common and even more offensive what the fuck) is a short form for something like... What the hell is going on? So just omit the "potentially offensive" bit in the middle. …