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Etymology of the F-Word

6 pointsby thinkzigover 15 years ago

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ZeroGravitasover 15 years ago
Since this headline got censored, does anyone know the etymology of "F-Word" and all the other "[Letter]-Word" variatians, (what I believe are sometimes called snowclones <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowclone" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowclone</a>).