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Jesse Sheidlower
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Lexicographer. http://sfdictionary.com. The F-Word. Ex-OED. Past President, American Dialect Society. Adjunct at Columbia. Coder. Barbells. Threesome […]

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My correspondent is a non-native English speaker, but I think he's onto something here.
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July 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Today in website upgrades:
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June 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Thought I should share an actual new entry from the new F-Word edition, this one German-related: "upgefucked". Can anyone beat 1967?

https://www.jessesword.com/fword.html
*upgefucked* _adjective_ [either mock German, or an anglicization of German _abgefukt_ (itself borrowed from English _fuck_)] = FUCKED UP. *1967* _East Village Other_ (Apr. 1) 11/2: Bassackwards and upgefucked you might call it. *1980* _Soldier of Fortune_ (Aug.) 23/1: In every case the assault force was first-rate and the support was upgefucked. *1992* W. Baker _The Job_ in _What a Piece of Work_ 119: And lately, you’ve seemed to us a little—as we used to say in the service, pardon my French—upgefucked.
November 14, 2024 at 3:14 PM
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News: the 4th edition of The F-Word is coming out in two weeks from Oxford UP! Everything you could want to know about the word _fuck_.

This is a major revision: 500 pages with 150 new entries, 150 antedatings, & 2,500 new quotations. See link below for more info!

jessesword.com/fword.html
Cover image: The F-Word Edited by Jesse Sheidlower IV Edition
October 22, 2024 at 6:09 PM