the oldest surviving slang

[Baker, John]

        O.K., which do you prefer, the transitive "he sexual intercoursed her" or the intransitive "we were sexual intercoursing"?

John Baker

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From: Dennis R. Preston [mailto:preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 9:28 PM
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Subject: Re: the oldest surviving slang


What does 'sexual intercourse' mean? I always took it to be the kinda
formal equivalent of 'fuck.'

dInIs

>         "Fuck," in the sexual sense, has no formal equivalent,
>although it's arguably slang when used as an intensified form of
>"damn."