# fuck you

Pronunciation: say "FUK yoo" US /ˈfʌk ju/, UK /ˈfʌk juː/

## Idiom

1. An expression used to show displeasure with the person being addressed, or contempt for them. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Words said to show you are unhappy with someone or have no respect for them.
   - _After years of being ignored, she finally looked her boss in the eye and said, "Fuck you."_
   - _Someone had scrawled "fuck you" in black marker across the mayor's campaign poster._
2. A dismissal telling someone to go away, or to go to hell.
   - Simple: A rude way to tell someone to go away.
   - _Fuck you, and get off my porch before I call the cops._
   - _You lied to me for a whole year, so fuck you, we're done._

## Idiom

3. An action that insults and humiliates someone.
   - Simple: Something done to insult a person and make them feel small.
   - _The CEO's giant bonus, announced the day after the layoffs, felt like a fuck you to every worker in the building._
   - _Firing her by text message was just the last of many fuck yous from that company._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/fuck-you (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).