Proppingupthemythos

F-bombnomicon? (Patreon)

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2019-03-03 14:05:11

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You are all free now to add "fuck" to your marginal notes. But which is better "fuckin' Abdel" or "fuckin' Abhothe"?

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The Very First Written Use of the F Word in English (1528)

English speakers enjoy what seems like an unmatched curiosity about the origins and historical usages of their language's curses. The exceedingly popular "F word" has accreted an especially wide body of textual investigation, wide-eyed speculation, and implausible folk etymology. (One of the term's well-known if spurious creation myths even has a Van Halen album named after it.)