Fucking Deadwood

[David Casseres]

On 8/14/06, Ghetta Life <ghetta_outta at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=f&p=14
>
> a difficult word to trace, in part because it was taboo to the editors of
> the original OED when the "F" volume was compiled,

James Murray, the editor of the original OED and a scientific
philologist, wanted very much to include "fuck," but the PUBLISHERS
wouldn't let him.