Andrew Stiller wrote:
On Jul 16, 2005, at 11:46 PM, keith helgesen wrote:
I think I agree with you! After all, (to sail VERY close to the wind),
the
assertion is around that the acronym for "File Under Carnal Knowledge"
used
to be placed on Police files- thus creating the slang term for- well, you
know!
Beggin' your pardon, but that word is not slang. Here's how my
dictionary defines slang: 1) A kind of language esp. occurring in casual
or playful speech, usu. made up of short-lived coinages and figures of
speech *deliberately used in place of standard terms* [emphasis mine]
for effects such as raciness, humor, or irreverence. 2) Language
peculiar to a group; argot or jargon.
The F word (not to set off anybody's spam filters) is in fact standard
English. All it's numerous synonyms are either euphemisms, technical
jargon, or--slang.
Prior to the f word was a perfectly useful word -- suive, which hasn't
survived in usage and so has no bad connotations. Just a single
syllable verb to the act which our more touchy forebears relegated to
being discussed only as euphemisms. Chaucer used it to good advantage.
And it doesn't have any of the explosive possibility of the f word so
it can't really be used in its place, such as "suive you!"
--
David H. Bailey
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