sofa king

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Punning form of so fucking, after the name of a furniture shop in Northampton.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈsəʊfə ˌkɪŋ/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈsoʊfə ˌkɪŋ/
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Adverb

sofa king (not comparable)

  1. (slang, rare, humorous, nonstandard) Very, extremely.
    • 2010, Avram Mednick, Pattaya Hash:
      “I'm Sofa King lucky!” he thought, as he drifted off.
    • 2010, Jenny Hollowell, Everything Lovely, Effortless, Safe, page 85:
      So fucking beautiful, Jules kept saying and the dictator's grandson repeated after her, trying out the words. Sofa king beautiful, he chanted. Sofa king beautiful.
    • 2011, Arlaina Tibensky, And Then Things Fall Apart:
      “That is sofa king ridiculous, Mom.” “And don't 'sofa king' me, Keek. In the mood for this, I am not.”
    • 2012, "Sofa King ad banned in UK over F-bomb similarity", New York Post, February 29
      The Sofa King said the phrase "Where the Prices are Sofa King Low!" had been the firm's slogan since it began trading nine years ago
    • 2012, Language Log, March 1, 2012
      To me, this all seems sofa king stupid.
    • 2012, New Jersey Newsroom.com, February 10, 2012)
      N.Y. Knicks' Jeremy Lin: Dunks are Sofa King unexpected

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