"funkin'"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Discovered too late for inclusion in HDAS I is the DC Comics euph "fraggin'."

  JL

Scot LaFaive <spiderrmonkey at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
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What about "fargin'" from the movie "Johnny Dangerously?"

"This is fargin war!"

Scot

>From: Jonathan Lighter
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>Subject: "funkin'"
>Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:11:47 -0800
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>A recent euphemism on a current eBay site:
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> "UncleJam89 wants you to funkin' read tonight."
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> JL
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