f**** buddy euphemism?

[neil]

As the original poster, I can assure Frank that the word holds no terrors.

My reticence was because I was not sure whether 'nanny' filters would
prevent the posting arriving with the header in full.

Neil Crawford


> From: Frank Abate <FABATE at CINCI.RR.COM>
> Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:39:47 -0400
> To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Subject: Re: f**** buddy euphemism?
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> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       Frank Abate <FABATE at CINCI.RR.COM>
> Subject:      Re: f**** buddy euphemism?
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> It is quite amusing to me that ADS posters seem to feel sheepish about
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> Why is this?  Do you taboo?
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> The term is fuck buddy.  Can't we post it thus?
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> Fac eu ('Be well'; Latin/Greek)
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> Frank Abate
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