The F-Word no-tag A quirky boy growing up

A quirky boy growing up in 1950s Ottawa sows the seeds of his future Hollywood stardom

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The F-Word no-tag A quirky boy growing upA skillfully updated edition of The F Word which renders a comprehensive portrait of English's most notorious and colorful word. No word has generated more uses, more creative euphemisms, and more strong opinions than fuck. Jesse Sheidlower's historical dictionary, now in print for over 25 years, charts the uses of fuck and its many permutations, from absofuckinglutely to zipless fuck. It illustrates every sense of every entry with quotations, from