fvck (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mark Mandel]

Is there a term for a euphemism that exists only in writing? This isn't like
"urinate" for "piss", or for that matter "the F-word" for "'fuck'"; but
neither is it a partial or total redaction like "f***" or "What the !%#@?"

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On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

> Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
> Caveats: NONE
>
> Probably too late for the new edition of Jesse's "The F Word", but . . .
>
> I just read somewhere that "fvck" is a common euphemism for "fuck" at
> MIT, likely resulting from the Latinate spelling on the neoclassical
> buildings.
>
> Here are a couple of examples:
>

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