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dipsydoodle

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1. Written examples here

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sun Jun 22, 2014, 08:23 AM

Jun 2014

Last edited Sun Jun 22, 2014, 08:54 AM - Edit history (1)

http://justin.justnet.com.au/rudestuff/uses-of-the-word-fuck.html

Years ago when such lists were first compiled my favorites were Harold at the Battle of Hasting immediately prior to copping an arrow in the eye, "what the fuck was that" , and Custer at Little Big Horn saying "Holy cow - look at all those fucking........

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Down memory lane with English language lessons - what's that word again? [View all] malaise Jun 2014 OP

Written examples here dipsydoodle Jun 2014 #1

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahahaha malaise Jun 2014 #8

What I got from that is the word "Fuck" is at it root violent TexasProgresive Jun 2014 #2

The word 'strike' originally came from words meaning 'to rub, to smooth' and much later Bluenorthwest Jun 2014 #3

That's confused. Igel Jun 2014 #7

And testify meant you grabbed your balls and swore by them. hobbit709 Jun 2014 #4

I did not know that malaise Jun 2014 #9

This etymology is an urban legend. Jim Lane Jun 2014 #11

Then my old Latin teacher 50 years ago was wrong. hobbit709 Jun 2014 #12

And that it is also used to mean to cheat someone treestar Jun 2014 #5

All the misspellings in the clip offended me more than the word Fuck. valerief Jun 2014 #6

Ha malaise Jun 2014 #10

Somebody else posted a version of this nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #13