F**king-A

[pipo]

I haven't seen it mentioned, but the period of use of
_f**king-A_
corresponds nicely with _Abso-f**king-lutely_, and it
has the same meaning
and patterns of use.

R. Spears


----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas G. Wilson" <douglas at NB.NET>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 7:27 AM
Subject: Re: F**king-A


>
> My own conjecture is that the "A" was originally
"amen" ... *possibly* with
> "F*cking amen!" = "Amen" [intensified]/"That's
right"/"I agree" reanalyzed
> as "F*cking A, men!" (in a military setting) or
"F*cking A, man!" by (maybe
> less religiously inclined?) listeners. This
conjecture may not be provable,
> but it seems to me so natural that I presume somebody
has presented it
> before (but I haven't seen it AFAIK).
>
> -- Doug Wilson