FCUK definition

FCUK means Flight Centre (UK) Limited;

FCUK actually means “French Connection UK”, but it’s also a misspelling of the most vulgar expletive – and such ambiguity is relevant

Examples of FCUK in a sentence

• He concluded from this and from two letters from the ASA which are in evidence that the ASA did not consider the use of FCUK on its own to be a problem.

• A striking instance of this is Ofcom, which approved the use of the name FCUK FM for a radio station (and even wished it luck).

• In March 1997 French Connection decided, in conjunction with its advertising agency, to launch FCUK as a brand name.

• Counsel for Mr Woodman submitted that the hearing officer had erred in principle because he had proceeded on the basis that FCUK was not objectionable in itself but “through word play, mistake or misconstruing of the letters” was capable of being seen as FUCK.

• Curiously, there does not appear to be any reference to f.c.u.k. (or FCUK) anywhere else in the report.

• Respectable traders have been involved in a significant trade in FCUK branded goods with an almost complete absence of adverse reaction from their customers, although again I acknowledge that the actual number of complaints is unlikely to be representative of the number actually offended.

• The hearing officer noted that it was accepted by French Connection that it “knew at the outset the potential for the FCUK brand as a word play”.

• Fourthly, he noted that French Connection had adduced evidence of widespread use and promotion of FCUK by retailers, and others, that would be considered to be “bastions of respectability”.

• For a µPMU at bus i, we estimate adaptively the instantaneous local frequency deviation from the nominal frequency during the quasi-steady state, using the approach outlined in [XDM12,XM12] that is tailored to three-phase distribution lines, to isolate abnormal changes in the estimated frequency.

• By contrast, it cannot be said that FCUK is either phonetically or visually identical to FUCK.