af

adverb

Etymology

Formed as an initialism of the phrase as fuck as internet shorthand. Compare OED as fuck, in fuck, n. P4.

Meaning & use

Also asf

  1. grammar
    1903–In a way that indicates the most intense or extreme quality of something.

    usage Earliest uses appear solely online as internet shorthand.

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    1903
    Ava DuVernay Wears Gown By Lebanese Designer at The Oscars Because She's Woke AF (article title).
    Times Literary Supplement 8 May 143/1
    1919
    I don't play about my friends. The real ones are there when you are circling the drain AND there cheering for your hard fought wins. The sisterhood is strong asf
    M. Sinclair Mary Olivier ii. vii. 59
    1959
    People are fake asf , 1 Minute they say they dont like somebody .. The next Minute that's like they're bestfriend, Lmfaoooo !
    W. Golding Free Fall ii. 61
    1965
    Those instagram going live notifications are annoying asf. Idc who went live, they need to fix that.
    J. R. Hetherington Selina's Aunt 45
    1982
    Damn its cold af .. I went outside without a jacket not knowing it was raining lol
    Times 9 August 10/7