shagging & fucking (once more)

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 10:00:55PM -0400, George Thompson wrote:
> >From Jesse Sheidlower
>
> > _Shagging_ is used as a noun here, so while it doesn't
> > antedate the 1788 verb (although we now have a 1770 example of
> > the verb), it does constitute a whopping 198-year antedating
> > of _shagging_ n. in OED2.
> >
> >
>
> Is this a record?

No, but it's very impressive.

Joel Berson supplied a 325-year antedating for _piss-house_ on
this very list....

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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