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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge #203149 11/08/2011 4:58 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1 Florida jackmch5sxs stranger jackmch5sxs stranger Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1 Florida Over the years I have seen the ultimate four letter word explained as being an acronym formed from the term, "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge." Can you tell me if this is a true statement? Can anyone report on the first use of the term? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge jackmch5sxs #203150 11/08/2011 5:18 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass here is some really good dope (you should pardon the expression) from the inestimable Michael Quinion: link Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge tsuwm #203412 11/21/2011 10:18 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK A fascinating link. The anecdote towards the end, ending in the phrase, " leading to the (surely apocryphal) story that Dorothy Parker remarked on meeting him, “So you’re the young man who can’t spell fuck?”" is one I heard of Tza Tza Gabor to Paul Brickhill, author of many novels about WWII in which he uses the euphemism, "muck." This probably supports Quinion's claim that it is apocryphal. I'm immortal until proven otherwise Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Rhubarb Commando #203463 11/24/2011 4:15 AM Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Candy Pooh-Bah Candy Pooh-Bah Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Originally Posted By: Rhubarb Commando ... story that Dorothy Parker remarked on meeting him, “So you’re the young man who can’t spell fuck? Yes interesting link Ts...never thought about that word before (I don't use it). but I went of on a tangent with Dorothy Parker...interesting woman. She had some very funny wisecracks, I like this one.... "I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Candy #203468 11/24/2011 10:45 AM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska I keep hoping that people will stop being shocked and upset by it so maybe it will go away. It doesn't upset me, it just makes me tired. If the average Hollywood screenplay had all the fucks taken out, movies would run about seven minutes. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Tromboniator #203475 11/24/2011 4:49 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Unfortunately, the word has become - certainly in england - part of the common parlance of the young. Travel on a bus taking youngsters home from school and it occurs every fourth or fifth word. The word can be used very creatively, however. I am reminded of a scene at which I was present, some thirty years ago. I was visiting a construction site, and talking to the Site Agent in his office when the JCB (a back-hoe digger) working nearby came to an ear-splittingly grinding halt. The operator jumped out of the cab and came stumping across to the site office. "what's up, Pat?" asked the Agent. (the operator was,as one would expect on a British site, Irish.) He didn't quite spit on the floor, but, with a terrible scowl, uttered this succinct and terribly accurate phrase: "De fucking fucker's fucking fucked!" I'm immortal until proven otherwise Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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