FA

FA (countable and uncountable, plural FAs)

1. (soccer) Initialism of Football Association, especially the English Football Association. See also Scottish FA and Welsh FA.
   • 2020 February 24, Jack Guy, “UK football authorities ban children from heading footballs in training”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     While there is no evidence to suggest that heading the ball is to blame, the new guidelines will be introduced to mitigate against any potential risks, according to a statement from the English Football Association (FA), in conjunction with the Scottish and Northern Irish FAs.
     “This updated heading guidance is an evolution of our current guidelines and will help coaches and teachers to reduce and remove repetitive and unnecessary heading from youth football,” said Mark Bullingham, CEO of the English FA.

2. (furry fandom) Initialism of Fur Affinity.

• FA Cup

FA

1. (vulgar) Initialism of fuck all.
2. (euphemistic) Initialism of Fanny Adams.

FA (countable and uncountable, plural FAs)

1. Initialism of Fanconi anemia.
2. (Wikimedia jargon) Initialism of featured article.
3. Initialism of felonious assault.
4. Initialism of flight attendant.
   • 1978 August 19, David Brill, “California Here I Come!”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 5, page 10:

     The highlight of the flight was watching one of the F.A.'s (male) sitting on the welcome lap of a smiling passenger (also male).

5. Initialism of fee agreement.
6. Initialism of fat admirer.
7. (sports) Initialism of free agent.

   Hyponyms: UFA, RFA

8. (sports) Abbreviation of final A.

   Coordinate terms: QF, SF, F, FB, FC, FD

9. Initialism of forever alone.

• AF, Af, af

FA f (plural FAs)

1. (medicine) AF (“atrial fibrillation”): initialism of fibrillation auriculaire or fibrillation atriale

   Synonyms: FibA, FIBA, fiba

FA f (plural FAs)

1. (medicine) AF, A-fib: initialism of fibrilación auricular (“atrial fibrilation”)
2. (biochemistry) initialism of fosfatasa alcalina (“alkaline phosphatase”)

FA m

1. (Uruguay, politics) initialism of Frente Amplio (“Broad Front”), a left-wing political coalition in Uruguay
2. (Chile, politics, historical) initialism of Frente Amplio (“Broad Front”), a left-wing political coalition in Chile (2017–2024)
3. (Chile, politics) initialism of Frente Amplio (“Broad Front”), a political party in Chile formed from the coalition

Initialism of English forever alone.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɛp̚˧˦ ʔaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɛp̚˦˧˥ ʔaː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɛp̚˦˥ ʔaː˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: ép a

• Audio (Hà Nội):

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FA

1. (neologism, slang) single