word f*cking one

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Mike Hussey

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Lefty says to Pistone:

Lefty: You call that ring a fugazy. You don't know word f*cking one, my friend. I know. I look at you and I know. You a guy can't keep his f*cking mouth shut.

What does "word f*cking one" mean?

Source: Donnie Brasco (a 1997 American crime drama film directed by Mike Newell)
 

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Lefty thinks Pistone knows nothing about something. "Word one" is the first word in a description of the thing, and "f*cking" is an intensifier.
 

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you don't know the first (f*cking) thing about it

(Thanks for sensitively shielding our eyes from the full horror of the obscenity, Mike.;-))
 
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As usual, I haven't seen the film, not being much of a movie person. But on reflection, Lefty could mean that Pistone has a very limited vocabulary.
 
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