Re: New Words
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, October 31, 2003, 15:07 |
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On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 01:53:01AM -0500, Paul Bennett wrote:
> On 30 Oct 2003 at 19:32, Abrigon Gusiq wrote:
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> > Abbreviations, such as using For use of Carnal Knowledge = FUCK (now a
> > nasty word, but not always so?).
You realize that particular etymology is false, right? The word
predates that use of the phrase "carnal knowledge" by quite some
time. The oldest surviving English writing featuring it couches
it in fake-Latin, though ("fuccant").
-Mark
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