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From: inc@fluke.UUCP (Gary Benson)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: Origin of a verb
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Date: Fri, 14-Sep-84 23:10:10 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 14 23:10:10 1984
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Well, let's get into it here! I remember back around in 6th grade the rumor
was always that "fuc*" came from the fact that in an earlier, bawdier era,
the houses of ill-repute were required to get some sort of license from the 
the ruler, and once this license was granted, the house could proudly
display the notice that within was permitted:

Forinication
Under
Consent of the
King


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I never believe it, though, because so many other languages have a similar
word to describe the same act. I believe a little investigation will show
that most of the Germanic languages use some form of this word, and that
German itself uses "fik" to convey this thought. I think that the Norse root
from which all this sprang actually is derived from the word, "spear".


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