f**** buddy euphemism?

[Wilson Gray]

Doesn't "Fac eu" mean "Do well"?

-Wilson

On 6/19/07, Frank Abate <FABATE at cinci.rr.com> wrote:
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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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