QUESTION:What does "F_ckin' A" mean?

[TufNeck]

Heard it a few times in my life. Kind of know what it means but not exactly. I know it kind of means damn straight but can anyone break it down for me?

Thanks

[wickerwoman]

1. Is it short for "You bet your fuckin' ass"?

I'm pretty sure it means the same as damn straight. You use it in the same situations.

[soothsayer]

10. yep, that's my take on it, too

[signmike]

11. This is the one...

The twist is that the person doesn't want to swear by pronouncing "Ass", but does not mind the "Fuckin' " part. (IMHO)
My grandpa was a minister and would say "Oh, the D Diablo!" - which meant to him; "Oh, the damned Devil". Euphemisms will save the folks who say, Heck, Darn, Shoot, Shucks, Son-of-a Gun -- Mother of Pearl, Godfrey Daniel, Fudge...
When I was growing up I lived across the street from The Pottymouth Brothers, and I saw the transition move from "You bet your fuckin' ass", through "Ya betcher fuckin' A", to the final shorter, euphonious version which has become SO popular.
Well, why not? SOMEBODY has to invent this stuff...

:evilgrin:

[gater]

12. Where I grew up ...

"F**CKIN' A" meant "you bet your...", so you got it pegged. I grew up where F**K was used for everything from and exclamation to an audible comma! Guess where I am from originally?!

[sportndandy]

2. Think it comes from

F_ckin Asshole, although its not used as an adjective it is now an exclamation, generally of disgust but sometimes of supreme approval. Try it with a smile and see how it feels! Fuckin A right!

[The Doctor.]

5. "Amazing"

Fuckin' amazing was the term, but it's too unweildy.

[CarbonDate]

3. It's like "dude"

Or "hooah". Just depends on how you say it, but it pretty much can mean anything.

[No Mandate Here.]

4. _ _ _ _ in' Allright! was what it meant about 30 years ago,

and it does seem to mean All right! in most of the contexts I have seen.

[whalerider55]

9. NMH

whew... froze me ion my anachronistic trax, there dude...

whalerider55

[No Mandate Here.]

19. My use of language has evolved.

I don't know what this phrase means now... LOL.

Hope that's ok with you.

(Pssssst. See post 14 below... Perhaps the meaning hasn't changed, after all.)

[lynx rufus]

6. Like saying "Stop with the Jake Braking, Toblarone!"

Exactly like that

[Flammable Materials]

7. "Fuckin' A": The SONG!

From the DVD I was giving away for free last week (only 2 takers...tsk tsk tsk)

Great song! Great movie!

http://www.existo.com/audio/fuckina.mp3

[Philostopher]

8. I don't know, but I do know ...

Aussies and maybe Kiwis say "F'ckin Ada" and I don't know where that comes from, either. I also don't know which came first, or if they're related, but I remember hearing somebody say that in an Australian movie at least fifteen years ago.

[CanuckAmok]

13. I thought it was short for "You get a fuckin "A"...", as in, good answer.

n/t

[DemBones DemBones]

14. I never thought it was short for anything, just

meant something like "Damn straight!" or "Right on!"

Or "Fan-fucking-tastic."

[orpupilofnature57]

15. Extenuation,thats all

[Magrittes Pipe]

16. Fuck an O, it's easier.

[GRLMGC]

17. Honestly

I don't know. I just know I use it a lot

[Cadence]

18. It means Boy Howdy!

[Flammable Materials]

20. I'll be willing to bet ...

... that the phrase started out in life in the British colonies as "Fucking Aye".

[Endangered Specie]

21. Pretty much any of these:

You Bet your fuckin' ass.
Fucking Absolutely.
Damn right.
Damn straight.

Yes.