adverb

• absolutely. The insertion of "fucking" places emphasis on the use of "absolutely."

  I have abso-fucking-lutely too much homework.

  by Nate, Apr 22 1998.

interjection

• as a question, to enquire whether someone is present.

  Speaker: ACK?
  
  Response: ACK.

  by Anonymous, Sep 28 2008.

• to affirm one's presence. An appropriate response to ping.

  Speaker: Are you there?
  
  Response: ACK.

  Speaker: ping
  
  Response: ACK.

  by Anonymous, Sep 28 2008.

• an exclamation of surprise or alarm.

  Ack!

  by Anonymous, Sep 28 2008.

• yes.

  Speaker: Do you want to shop for monitors?
  
  Response: ACK.

  by Anonymous, Sep 28 2008.

origin

• ACK is an abbreviation of "acknowledged," used commonly in computing. See also NAK. Note that "ack" as an exclamation of surprise or alarm has no relation to computing.

  by The Jargon File, Sep 28 2009.

interjection

• equivalent to "I already know" or "You already know," as if to say "YES!" emphatically. Demonstrates total agreement with what a speaker has said.

  Speaker: Did you know that Shemar Moore is so fine!
  
  Response: Already!

  Speaker: Man, your boy has skills!
  
  Response: Already!

  by Sherry N., Bryan, TX, USA, Dec 14 2001.

notes

• Submitter Syntax first recalls the term used in Texas in the late 1990s, and reports that it's typically pronounced with a drawn out and emphasized opening, e.g. "aaaawwwwll-ready!" This may be due to Southern United States "drawl."

  by Syntax, Fort Worth, TX, USA, Jun 07 2002.

interjection

• acronym of "adios mother fucker." One typically says this when one has caused an object to go a long distance, or to the wrong location, e.g. in the game of golf.

  There goes that ball... AMF!

  by Gary M., Charlotte, NC, USA, Oct 21 1999.

noun

• an alcoholic beverage. Acronym of "adios mother fucker."

  After three of those AMFs in a half an hour, she was puking her guts up.

  by April W., Lebanon, OR, USA, Jul 27 2007.

interjection

• of course; definitely. Popularized by the 1995 movie Friday.

  Speaker: Is that your car?
  
  Response: And you know this, man!

  by Tara, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Feb 07 2003.

interjection

• ANY HOW; ANYWAYS.

  Anywho... I'm going to head home now.

  by Anonymous, Nov 30 2002.

interjection

• an exclamation of frustration.

  Oh, arse!

  by Cyberchick, UK, Oct 24 1999.

noun

• buttocks. Most uses of ass apply to arse, e.g. arsehole (asshole); dumb arse (dumb ass); etc. Origin: UK.

  Stick it up your arse!

  You can kick his arse.

  That bloke is a right arsehole.

  by Wendy, Purley, Greater London, UK, Oct 22 1999.

• idiot.

  She's always terrible to have around, always being an arse.

  by Matthew R., Blackpool, United Kingdom, May 31 2004.

• something incorrect, broken; MESSED UP.

  I made an arse of that.

  by Brian B., Ireland, Oct 05 2006.

interjection

• exclamation which connotes a derisive assertion that whatever is being talked about is impossible or very unlikely. Replacements for, e.g. "As if that were remotely possible!" or "Doesn't he/she wish!" or simply "Yeah, right!" Origin: Southern California "Valley Girl" term.

  That guy asked me out on a date. As if!

  by Max M., Philadelphia, PA, USA, Jun 08 1998.

interjection

• used to convey surprise, disgust, or doubt.

  Bah! Did that really just happen?

  by Maurice J., Fall River, MA, USA, Nov 20 2002.

adjective

• out of luck; having failed or lost.

  Speaker A: Did you get the job?
  
  Speaker B: No, I'm balls.

  We're balls. Balls!!

  by james s., NJ, USA, Jun 08 1999.

adverb

• very; extremely. Also balls-ass.

  It is balls cold out here.

  I'm balls tired.

  by James O, Bluefield, WV, USA, Apr 29 1999.

interjection

• exclamation of disappointment.

  Oh balls!

  by John V., Feb 04 1999.

noun

• testicles.

  The baseball hit him right in the balls.

  by Mia X, Nov 05 1999.

• bravado, courage; GUTS. In this sense, "balls" still means "testicles," but "having balls" implies bravado. Having large "balls" or many "balls" implies even more bravado. (The "having testicles" = "bravado" relationship exists in other languages, e.g. "tener cojones" in Spanish.)

  You've got balls to do something like that!

  That dude must have enormous balls!

  You've got a lot of balls showing your face in here.

  by Avalon D., Chicago, IL, USA, Sep 18 2002.

notes

• See ball; baller

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Aug 12 2009.

interjection

• an expression of surprise or alarm. Also bejeezus.

  Bejesus, that car was nice!

  Oh my bejesus!

  by Andy Parsons, Jun 06 1997.

interjection

• used to express displeasure, disagreement, disappointment, or disgust.

  Do I want to see a movie? Bof!

  by Nick S., Cape Elizabeth, ME, USA, Dec 25 2002.

noun

• acronym of "Boring Old Fart", meaning "boring old person."

  by M. J., Dallas, TX, USA, Mar 24 2003.

• a meeting or gathering about shared interests. Usually held during a larger meeting, e.g. a conference. Acronym for "birds of (a) feather."

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Aug 11 2009.

adjective

• bad.

  I went to see the football. It was a bollocks match.

  by Matthew R., Blackpool, United Kingdom, May 31 2004.

interjection

• exclamation to denote general sorrow, despair, or disappointment.

  Oh, bollocks!

  by Anonymous, Oct 01 2001.

noun

• testicles.

  I have itchy bollocks.

  by Andy, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, UK, Aug 21 1997.

• lies.

  What a load of bollocks!

  by Michael Fraser, New York, NY, USA, Dec 03 1997.

• something broken or messed up.

  You made a right bollocks of that.

  by Steve, Oct 11 1999.

• exaggerated stories.

  As usual Malcolm came to the pub and talked non-stop bollocks all evening.

  by Matthew R., Blackpool, United Kingdom, May 31 2004.

verb

• to screw up.

  You've really bollocksed that up.

  by Steve, Oct 11 1999.

notes

• Origin: UK.

  by Michael Fraser, New York, NY, USA, Dec 03 1997.

noun

• nonsense, lies. While shit could be used to express this definition, crap is far more common. Also bull crap.

  What he said is crap. Don't believe a word of it.

  by Sarah Beep, Australia, Mar 30 1998.

notes

• the uses of "crap" are mostly a subset of the uses of "shit." See shit for those definitions.

  by Emily M., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Jan 13 1998.

interjection

• exclamation to denote general sorrow, despair, or disappointment. Roughly equivalent to "whoops" or "oh shit". ("D'oh" isn't offensive.) Popularized by the character Homer in the US television series "The Simpsons."

  D'oh, I dropped the soap!

  by Emily M., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Jan 13 1998.

interjection

• a sarcastic response used when someone states the obvious. Also no duh; dur; no dur.

  Person A: Don't run that red light.
  
  Person B: Duh!

  Person A: I bet it hurt when you got shot in the chest.
  
  Person B: Duh.

  by Elizabeth W. Bromberg, Birmingham, AL, USA, Mar 08 1998.

interjection

• a sarcastic response used when someone states the obvious. Also no duh; duh.

  Speaker: Don't run that red light.
  
  Response: No dur!

  Speaker: I bet it hurt when you got shot in the chest.
  
  Response: Dur.

  by Jliua, Rockville, MD, USA, Mar 01 2003.