Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. a euph. for fucking adj. (1)

1937–84		Partridge DSUE (1984) 427/2: C.20.
1973		L. Jewkins in Heller In This Corner (1974) 237: That fricking bum [...] I could knock him out in 1 round easy.
1990		Eble Campus Sl. Apr. 3: frick/fricking – expletive. ‘I don’t give a frick what you want.’.
1999		J. Ridley Love Is a Racket 166: Awww shit! Cops! My frickin’ luck.
2005		Observer Mag. 27 Nov. 10: Well you ain’t frickin’ going out tonight.
2009		Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg) 11 Jan. 🌐 What you cal fricken suasages are bland by comparison with good ol’ boerewors.
2010		NY Rev. Books 9-22 Dec. 24/2: The fricking princess thinks that the FARC built this castle for her alone.
2013		N.Y. Dly News 8 Jan. 🌐 We can all marvel how fricking amazing (and did I mention terrifying?) it is.
2016		Rolling Stone 14 Oct. 🌐 When fricking Hillary Clinton talks, it just sounds like a bunch of bullshit.
2022		J. Hannaham Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit 89: Goddamn, where in the hell did they stick this place, in frickin Tokyo?

2. as infix.

2012

L. Berney Whiplash River [ebook] ‘Jesus fricking Cricket!’.