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From: hkr4627@acf4.UUCP (Hedley K. J. Rainnie)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Origin of expletive
Message-ID: <1260001@acf4.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 18-Apr-85 23:19:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 18 23:19:00 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 20-Apr-85 08:36:36 EST
Organization: New York University
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I was told that 'fuck' was placed on placards that were put before unhappy
souls in the stocks and that it stood for: for use of carnal knowledge.
Is this true? 

Hedley.