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Originally Posted by winny
No it isn't it's one of the urban myths. There are examples of the word dating back way further than that..
earliest appearance of current spelling is 1535 -- "Bischops ... may **** thair fill and be vnmaryit" [Sir David Lyndesay, "Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaits"]
All of the acronyms are urban myths. There's loads of them.
When he was compiling the first dictionary Dr Johnson excluded the word, and **** wasn't in a single English language dictionary from 1795 to 1965.
The earliest version on record is recorded in the OED 2nd edition and cites 1503, in the form fukkit;
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I wanted to make this point too, but I'm Irish and have already been stereotyped in this thread. I rarely curse, even rarer with that word, and was prepared to argue the point but the lady across from me just this minute uttered it 4 times in one sentence down the phone, so I think I'll just go because this thread is so for off topic.
Good information on one of the games most marmite aircraft though.