[Ads-l] fuck them

[Jonathan Lighter]

Any serious discussion of this question requires a thorough understanding
of the relevant verbal entries in HDAS I, including the related citations
at "frig," v.

JL

On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 5:02 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 3:41 PM, Benjamin Barrett <mail.barretts at gmail.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > I always assumed “fuck you” is an imperative
>
>
> I once read an autobiographical essay whose author wrote that initial
> acquaintance with the phrase came through a graffito that he encountered
> during his pre-adolescence. He also, at that time, interpreted it as an
> imperative: "Fuck, you!"
>
> --
> -Wilson
> -----
> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> -Mark Twain
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