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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

Sol: If our membershup turns out to be too immature to be permitted access to the following knowledge, delete this thread. Keep an eye on it, anyway.

I am fascinated by etymology (the history of words) and would like to share the origin of the word most of us don't use in "polite company" (of course, I suppose some of us don't keep polite company

http://www.snopes.com/spoons/fracture/fuck.htm

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Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :

Fascinating.
*L*

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

Yes.

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Posted by Sunspot (Member # 77) on :

. . . interesting . . .

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Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :

You honestly expect me to giggle at the word fuck?

Posted by Jaresh Inyo on :

That's fucking unbelievable.

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Josh: I think they're getting to know each other a bit too well, if you catch my drift.
Me: Oh, I agree. I think they're spending too much time together, that is of course, if you catch my drift.
Asher: I think he's *ucking her, and he's cheating on his wife, and he's risking his marriage, and if his wife finds out about it she'll leave him and take their son, and his life will be ruined. If you catch my drift...

Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

*hums*

No, I'm not sure what that's supposed to mean, but I wanted to have some sort of "Hey, I'm keeping an eye on things" statement here, and I figured humming was a perfectly acceptable activity to engage in while keeping an eye on threads.

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Posted by Cargile (Member # 45) on :

Now I stand before you a completely educated man.

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

Hums "Pomp and Circumstance".

(A song played at most graduations in US)

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

EEEEeerrrrrrrr.............

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

*reads the article* I knew that...

Well, I did!

:-)

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

I knew about the actual origin, but not about the mistaken beliefs about it.

Cool.

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Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :

Just to educate you about profanity in foreign languages, I will now name a few Dutch words for the deed.

-Neuken (most common)
-wippen
-krikken (more of a "witty" word)
-kieren (rarely)
-naaien (second most common)
-met elkaar naar bed gaan (does this sound like a more acceptable term? Good)
-de coitus volbrengen (yet another euphemism)
- " bijslaap " (Id.)

Unfortunately, I have no information about the etymology of "neuken"...

Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

If this has anything to do with... yup, knew that.

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Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :

Do you know about the "the word fuck" mp3 that's circulating? It's nice.