[Ads-l] Final F-Word appeal: recent evidence?

[Jeff Prucher]

 This is my absolute favorite fucking quote:
Caryl Churchill, Top Girls, 1982. Samuel French, Inc. Act II, sc. 2, p. 90
MARLENE. ... / Don't you fucking this fucking that fucking bitchJOYCE. Christ.MARLENE. fucking tell me what to fucking do fucking.

(Churchill has a very unusual style. The slash means that the next speaker's line occurs there as an interruption, so listening to/performing this, the "Christ" would occur more or less simultaneously with "Don't", and Marlene's tirade is unbroken.)    On Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 06:20:07 PM PDT, Jesse Sheidlower <jester at panix.com> wrote:  
 
 I did not! Fantastic cite. Thanks, Fred.

On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 01:13:43AM +0000, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
> Jesse,
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> Do you already have this early citation::
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> 1921 State of Michigan Supreme Court Record (People of the State of Michigan v. Dorothy Cathey) 31 (Google Books)  (Paper submitted to the Court, counsel for defendant and the jury.) The following is what was written on the paper: "Damn you," and "You son-of-a-bitch-of a mother fucker."
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> Fred Shapiro
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> From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on behalf of Jesse Sheidlower <jester at PANIX.COM>
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> Subject: Final F-Word appeal: recent evidence?
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> I've previously posted here seeking contributions for the new edition of The F-Word (and I received many helpful suggestions).
> 
> We're now in the late stages of copyediting, and this is the last chance I'll have to add anything, so I wanted to say again that if anyone has any other evidence to submit, now's your chance!
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> I'd be particularly grateful for any very recent (2024) quotations, preferably for less-common uses and preferably from printed sources; this will make it look like I'm cool and up-to-date!
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> Thanks very much.
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> Jesse Sheidlower
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