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FAPP

/fæp/prepositional phrase

FAPP is a prepositional phrase meaning “Abbreviation of for all practical purposes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-P-P.

What does FAPP mean?

prepositional phrase

  1. 1

    Abbreviation of for all practical purposes.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce FAPP?

  • /fæp/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-fap.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with FAPP

Sounds like: fap (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Where does FAPP come from?

Popularized by physicist John Stewart Bell.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).