We all know what frak, popularized by television's cult hit Battlestar Galactica, really means. But what about feck? Or ferkin? Or foul--as in FUBAR, or "Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition"? In a thoroughly updated edition of The F-Word, Jesse Sheidlower offers a rich, revealing...
WARNING:??Usually considered vulgar.??X-rated.??Censored.??Bleep.??Not for polite company.??Due to adult language, viewer and parental discretion advised.??Wash your mouth out with soap.??Good boys and girls don't use that kind of language.??Obscene.??Immoral.??Immodest.??And...
This is the book everyone had waited for. Here, in one convenient, comprehensive volume, is the complete story of the word still considered the most vulgar utterance in the English language. Rather than tired clich?s or graceless jokes, The F-Word contains page after page of...