Irrelevantly referencing the French post-modernist philosopher, Michel Foucault, in a conversation: Usually done as a vain and pompous attempt to appear more intelligent/ well read than one actually is.
"Come on man, did you really have to raise your hand drop an f-bomb when the professor was lecturing about the Battle of Gettsyburg?"
Regular conversation still considers the word "fuck" too vulgar for day to day conversation, the euphemism describes intense sex & not considered polite conversaation , hence the the use of it's first letter only "f". The use of the word "bomb" refers to the shock if the full word was used usually , accidentally.
Hwas fired from hosting his on-air program due to all the f-bombs which he seemed to drop way to often.
f bomb refers to the strongest weapon in one's verbal arsenal. in a time when words like 'bitch' and 'ass' have lost their shock value in pop culture, the word 'fuck' is still like dropping a bomb in polite conversation.
in junior high, my teacher called my parents because i dropped the f bomb in art class.