fuckability

English

Etymology

From fuckable +‎ -ity; fuck +‎ -ability.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌfʌkəˈbɪlɪti/, [ˌfʌkəˈbɪlɪ̈ɾi], [ˌfʌkɪ̈ˈbɪlɪ̈ɾi], (US) enPR: fŭ'kəbĭʹlĭtī
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪlɪti

Noun

fuckability (uncountable)

  1. (vulgar) The abstract quality of being desirable as a lover, especially by virtue of physical beauty.
    • 1990, Jackie Collins, Lady Boss, New York: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 35:
      “ […] Movie stars gotta have two qualities—without 'em they're dead. […] Know what they are?” Lucky nodded. She knew Abe Panther’s credo by heart. “Likability and fuckability,” she recited without hesitation.
    • 2010, Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story, Random House, →ISBN, page 161:
      Eunice was FACing a little with three of the other Asian girls in the room, and her FUCKABILITY, I noticed with pride and a little worry, was 795, although her PERSONALITY just 500 (maybe she wasn't extro enough).
    • 2024 February 10, Cory Doctorow, “Welcome to the Enshittocene”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 17:
      Facebook arose from a website developed to rate the fuckability of Harvard undergrads, and it only got worse after that.

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