Film " *****mentary"

[Chris F Waigl]

Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> What's hot in pop-cult linguistics.
>
> http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1951740,00.html

Excerpt

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It can be conjugated with almost any preposition, stuck in front or even
between most adjectives, used as an intensifier, noun, exclamation,
interjection and verb.
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Sigh.

And "fuck" as onomatopoeic?

Chris Waigl

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