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This thread was inspired by a thread started by ronnymarshall. I'll try to post these as I have time, if people find them "useful" and "illuminating." They are from “The F-Word,” Edited by Jesse Scheidlower, Random House, 1995. I originally bought this book on Amazon, but it is no longer listed so I think it is out of print. What a shame! I hope this okay with the moderators!
The first entry in the book is my favorite.
Absofuckinglutely adverb, absolutely. Compare –fucking-, infix.
1921: Notes & Queries (Nov 19) 415 : The soldier’s actual speech…was absolutely impregnated with one word which (to use it as a basis for alliteration) the fastidious frown at as “filthy”…. Words were split up to admit it: “absolutely” became “abso – lutely.”
1945: S.J. Baker, Australian Language 258: Transconti-bloody-nental, abso-f – g-l –utely, inde-bloody-pendent.
1970: Major Afro-American Slang 19: Absofuckinglutely: without doubt.
1973: Huggett Body Count ch. Viii: That’s right, Carlysle, that’s abso-fucking-lutely right.
1985: Body F.N.G. 224: “Like, don’t it seem like the time has gone fast now?” “Abso-fuckin’lutely.”
1987: Pedneau A.P.B. 228: “Do I detect some anger?” “Abso-fucking-lutely.”
1995: N. Y. Observer (April 24) 19: “Remember me?”… “Abso-fucking-lutely.”
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