"huck (it)"

[Ben Zimmer]

I have a piece up on Slate about how a British snowboarder at Sochi said
"huck it" and the BBC thought he said "fuck it." I give some historical
background on the sporting use of "huck," citing Grant Barrett and Arnold
Zwicky.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/five_ring_circus/2014/02/09/billy_morgan_sochi_an_olympic_snowboarder_said_huck_it_and_the_bbc_freaked.html

--bgz

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