"flying fuck"

[Charles Doyle]

Eagles and other rapturous raptors--as in Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress": "And now, like amourous birds of prey . . . ."

I wouldn't be surprised if skydivers have tried it?

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:36:48 -0700
>From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
>
>What's the basis of attributing this to Saltoalto?
>
>  Especially since various birds, eagles notably, are known to engage in such behavior, not caring who's around.
>
>  JL
>
>"David A. Daniel" <dad at POKERWIZ.COM> wrote:
>
>Though a little weak on etymology, Urban Dictionary has 15 entries for
>flying fuck. My favorite is number 4 which includes the modifier "through a
>rolling donut", as in "nobody gives a flying fuck through a rolling
>donut...". But the origin of flying fuck in its literal sense has always
>been attributed to Caralho Saltoalto who is known to history by the
>pseudonym "Signor Bona Slang" who was, it may be recalled, "the daring young
>man on the flying trapeze" who "all girls he did please".
>DAD
>
>
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>From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
>Joel S. Berson
>Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:43 AM
>
>
>My take on "flying fuck", without ever having asked anyone what they
>thought "flying" meant, is from OED2 flying ppl. a. sense 4.c.,
>"Passing, flitting; hasty, transient". Thus a flying fuck isn't
>worth much because it's over too quickly. But perhaps I'm immersed
>too much in the 18th century (for "flying", that is -- when G.
>Washington coined "flying hospital", as discovered by yours truly).
>
>(I see the phrase has made it to the OED, draft additions March 2008,
>s.v. flying ppl. a., but not assigned to a specific sense as far as I
>can see, and thus no clue as to etymology. Earliest spotting 1938,
>letter of J. O'Hara, then 1951 J. Jones _From Here to Eternity_.)
>
>Joel
>
>At 4/17/2008 07:22 AM, Paul wrote:
>>paul johnson wrote:
>>My understanding has always been that a FF was the act of launching
>>yourself, fully extended , from the foot of the bed with the intention
>>of reaching full penetration as you hit the bed. The only other
>>daredevil sexual act is the standing position while in a hammock, there
>>must be others, I'm sure.
>>
>>RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:
>>>Which raises the really important question, "What, exactly, is a flying
>>>fuck?"
>>>
>>>In a message dated 4/16/08 8:48:04 PM, dad at POKERWIZ.COM writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Who, with any view to any realistic
>>>>endeavor of the human mind [sic], would really give a flying fuck if
>Wheeler
>>>>is
>>>>the coiner or not
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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