F-word acronyms

[Jonathan Lighter]

Go here, Wilson: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jobe6/dont_look&action=history and you'll see that today somebody (not me, I swear) just edited out all the "fopps."

  The "fopps" are in the version of January 14, 2008, if not before: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jobe6/dont_look&oldid=184232245

  JL

Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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The list leaves out WGAF "We give a fuck," used with negative polarity.

I didn't see any exx. of "fop." Am I now blind in both eyes?

Heard a minute ago on the TV re-run, Dexter: overshare = "TMI."

-Wilson

On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Jonathan Lighter
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> Wackypedia's done it again with this extensive list of F-word-inclusive acronyms. Note recent and inconsistent use of the novel-to-me euphemism "fop" and derivatives:
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jobe6/dont_look
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> JL
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