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15. Good to see you, zappaman! Yeah, it was slang that could mean about anything you wanted it to..

Mon Feb 10, 2014, 08:07 PM

Feb 2014

Hope all is well with you and yours...

Peace,

Ghost

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Here's the first recorded instance of the F-word in English [View all] steve2470 Feb 2014 OP

I though we got that word from the Dutch... Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #1

Yes - Dutch apparently dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #13

Hypocrisy by moralizing clerics is a tradition older than fuck. Bluenorthwest Feb 2014 #3

Fornication Under the Crown of the King. panader0 Feb 2014 #4

Now I wonder if "fuckin' A" is short for "fuckin' Abbott" Squinch Feb 2014 #5

Thought the A stood for asshole. Neoma Feb 2014 #6

I always did too, but... Squinch Feb 2014 #7

Back in my day, it was just slang for "ok", "right" or "alright"..... Examples: Ghost in the Machine Feb 2014 #8

Exactly. zappaman Feb 2014 #11

much more likely explanation reddread Feb 2014 #9

Fuckin Abbit is right. JaneyVee Feb 2014 #10

Canute goes back somewhat further. dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #12

Hehe LittleBlue Feb 2014 #14

Non exhuastive list of various usages here dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #16