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Question: I want to tell my uncle that I am 'f***ing around' but I certainly can't use the F word. I googled it but I didn't find the phrase/word I am looking for. I am wasting my time doing silly things and I want a phrase or word for that. Can anyone give any formal or polite phrase for that?.

Answer: I want to tell my uncle that I am 'f***ing around' but I certainly can't use the F (f*ck) word. If you don't want to say 'f*ck' then say fiddle instead. Both 'fck' and 'fiddle' start with F, so 'fck' can easily be replaced by 'fiddle'. Fiddle around: To spend time doing small things that are not important or necessary Cambridge English dictionary You could substitute 'fiddle' for 'f*ck'. Example: Uncle, I'm fiddling around. (It does not sound vulgar). Single word for that would be loafing. Loaf (verb): Spend one's time in an aimless, idle way. Lexico Example: Uncle, I'm loafing. Or footle. But as others have said, it's unlikely to be understood. Footle (verb): Engage in fruitless activity; mess about. Lexico


Question: From Wikipedia: In the expression a b = c, a is called the dividend or numerator, b the divisor or denominator and the result c is called the quotient. What's most common (in the context of programming)? dividend/divisor numerator/denominator.

Answer: Dividend and divisor are terms commonly associated with long division while numerator and denominator are the preferred terms when working with fractions. Operators, operands, parameters, and arguments are usually the terms employed in programming. If any of the OP's listed terms are at all utilised, it will very likely be numerator and denominator (in their mathematical sense).


Question: 'Hooker', 'whore', and 'prostitute' all mean whore; what are the differences between them?.

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They all can mean women who sleep with men for money. Prostitute is the most technical term. Hooker seems most commonly used in the United States, while in Britain this term is reserved for a position in rugby. Whore sounds much more violent to me. If one were seeking a woman to pay to sleep with him, he probably wouldn't say 'I'm looking for a whore tonight,' but use hooker or prostitute. Calling someone a whore can be used to insult them, implying they sleep with many people (though for men the term would be man-whore). E.g., 'She is such a whore.' Going back to a previous example, 'I'm looking for a whore tonight' implies more to me that he is looking for someone who is easy to sleep with, not for a prostitute. Not to say you can't use the others in an insult. From 'Baby Got Back,' by Sir Mix-A-Lot, we also have the opening dialogue: They only talk to her, because, she looks like a total prostitute, 'kay? But in this case the lady quoted is just saying that she looks like a prostitute, not that she is one, necessarily. If she said 'She is such a prostitute,' that would mean that is her profession, not that she sleeps with a lot of men for free.


