verb
fornicating
verb
1
Present participle of "fornicate" — having sexual intercourse, typically outside marriage; also used loosely and crudely as a generic intensifier in place of a stronger swear word.
"The old law banned couples from fornicating outside of marriage."
"He kept muttering about the fornicating traffic on his commute."
How to Use Fornicating
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishHaving sex outside marriage; in slang, sometimes just a crude filler word rather than a literal reference to sex.
When to use it
The literal sense is formal/old-fashioned or legal/religious in tone; the intensifier use is vulgar slang.
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