[Ads-l] Revising The F-Word

[Jesse Sheidlower]

Thanks—I do mention this on the blog in the list of new entries, "‘a (single) instance of caring’, esp. in phrases like _to give no fucks_ or _zero fucks given_". I haven't decided precisely how to treat this; right now they're all lumped together. The earliest I have is 1945.

Jesse
        
On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 04:05:34PM +0000, Geoffrey Nathan wrote:
> I tried to leave a comment on your blog, but it didn't
> seem to 'take'. In any case, I just wanted to point out
> a whole series of versions along the lines of
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> 'X not have any fucks left to give'
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> I don't have any specific cites, but it wouldn't be hard to find them.
> 
> Geoff
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> I am happy to be able to announce that I'm now actively working on a new edition of The F-Word. I've posted about it on the Strong Language blog, with examples of 20 entries I've currently drafted, and a longer list of specific things I'm looking for:
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> https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2023/03/22/help-revise-the-f-word/
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> I've done a lot of work so far; there are over 80 new items, and over 110 antedatings. But there's more to do! I've been grateful for comments, suggestions, and discussion of the word on ADS-L in the past, and I would be even more grateful for even more such right now! Seriously, anything anyone would be willing to say would be most appreciated: antedatings; suggestions for new entries; additional quotations; you want to see discussed in the introduction; corrections. And in particular, anything from my want-list: that's stuff that's harder to search, so people here might be better suited to help than the gen pop.
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> Thank you.
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> Jesse Sheidlower
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