fact- an indisputable truth that cannot be argued about, as opposed to an opinion, which is subjective, and pointless to argue about.
fact-check (verb)- to see if others agree with a statement
factory farm- an 18th-century parody taking the industrialization of farming to its logical extreme
facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored (proverb)- I am right even when you disagree
fail (verb)- to think (someone) did a bad job, in one context for you to figure out. Give up? Click here.
faint of heart- easily offended, used in the phrase "not for the faint of heart", which is the pre-2014 equivalent of a sarcastic 'don't read this if you get triggered by differing opinions'-style trigger warning: "this display is not for the faint of heart"
fair (adjective)- beautiful (white)
fashion (noun)- 1. the types of clothes people wear in a culture 2. the wacky dress-up games that models like to play to amuse themselves in the downtime from advertising clothing
fashionably late- late
Feast of Saint Norbert- holiday on June 6th, on which every good Christian does whatever it is you do to celebrate Saint Norbert of Xanten, archbishop of Magdeburg.
feed (noun)- food for lower-downs
feed (verb)- give: "pop culture feeding us ideas", "she was fed lines by the writer"
feed up- to dissatisfy
femme fatale- a nefariously attractive woman
feminazi- someone who is more feminist than I am.
fine-tuned universe- how the Earth is miraculously just right to allow the existence of the type of life that exists on Earth.
flab- (derogatory) tissue
flood myth- story of a worldwide event present in many independent accounts around the world. The fact that it is evidenced in so many cultures shows that they all ripped each other off
flounce- to leave or forfeit because of how great the opponent is. "flounce off the debate floor"
folder- something to put papers in so they don't get folded
folie a deux- a delusion experienced by two people. A delusion experienced by one hundred or more is called superstition if transmitted and the Mandela Effect if developed independently
for starters- as the first example of many, but the only one I'll give
forswear- to betray our dogma after some new evidence. Shouldn't our dogma be stronger than that? Don't you believe in me?
forte (noun) [FORT-not-FOR-tay]- word I have only heard in the context of how people say it wrong.
foxy (adjective)- yuck, do not use
fratrosis [fruh-TRO-siss]- (medical) an infection afflicting one's brother
friendzone (noun)- a pitiable state in which one person is friends with another, rather than sexual partners
frisky- playful in a carefree, innocent, sexual, nervous way
fulsome- offensively inoffensive, like Jimmy Fallon