fuckuva talent
- noun
- /fʌkʌvə ˈtælɛnt/
- Offensive
- She has a fuckuva talent for making people laugh, everyone in the room was in stitches.
Examples
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He showed a fuckuva talent for playing the guitar at such a young age.
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That's a fuckuva talent you've got there—don't waste it!
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Wow, that's a fuckuva talent you have!
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She has a fuckuva talent for singing!
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She has a fuckuva talent for painting, her art leaves everyone amazed.
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His fuckuva talent for playing chess clearly sets him apart from the others.
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If you have a fuckuva talent like that, you should definitely pursue a career in music.
Synonyms
Very great skill in something like art or sport
Antonyms
How Impressive
- Offensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
fuckuva + talent
The phrase is essentially a vulgar intensifier + noun (a colloquial contraction related to 'fuck'/'fucking' or 'fuck of a') so if a learner knows the expletive used as an intensifier and the noun 'talent' they can infer it means an exceptionally strong talent. However the nonstandard, fused form 'fuckuva' and its informal/vulgar register make the formation less regular and potentially unfamiliar to a B1 learner, so the relation is only partially transparent.
Etymology
The phrase fuckuva talent probably comes from saying fuckin' a quickly in informal speech. Said fast, fuckin' a sounds like fuckuva and became a rude, strong way to say 'very', so fuckuva talent means a very impressive skill.