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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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Correct! Isn't QI brilliant!!!!!
02-04-2010, 09:14 AM
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