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The F-Word - Jesse Sheidlower

Description: ISBN 0571197302 / Genre: Encyclopedias / Reference / Here is the complete history of the word still considered one of the most vulgar and ... more

The F-Word - Jesse Sheidlower ... offensive in the English language, from its debut in 15th-century England to the present day. Every sense of every word containing f**k is examined, with often hilarious examples from many sources.

Newest Review: ... and that a "French f**k" is something very different. Call me naive, but I'd never even heard of a ... more

... "f**kerware party". Ann Summers has a lot to answer for! To give you an example, here is one of my favourite entries: HORSE-F**KING /adjective/ huge. a1968 in Legman "Rationale" p.549: Two great horse-f**king volumes. [My asterisks. Obviously the word F**k cannot appear on dooyoo because the sky would fall in and we would all die.] Just one of many wonderful expressions the bloody Bowdlerizing po-faced anti-swearing brigade would like to deprive us of... ('scuse my gramma - she's not well...more

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The F-Word - Jesse Sheidlower: A-Z of F's (1361 words)
by - written on 11/07/01 (Very useful, 534 readings)
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So there I was, browsing round a branch of The Works, when something caught my eye. A bright yellow book looking lonely, with the asterisked legend: f*** embossed in black on the cover. Reduced to £1 as well - what an irresistable f***ing bargain! The editor, Jesse Sheidlower (isn't that German for cowpat?) lives in Manhattan with "his wife, his dog, his two razor-clawed cats, and a f#@k of a lot of books." He describes this book as: "the complete history of the word in all its robust and various uses" and claims that: "this book contains every sense of f**k, and every compound word or phrase of which f**k is a part." ... Read the complete review