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American Speech, Vol. 76 No. 3, Fall 2001 Copyright © 2001 by the American Dialect Society news, compared to newspapers of record. Fucking-A is well-attested in the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang (1994â) and The F Word (Sheidlower 1999, 173â76), but not as meaning âobviously, undoubtedly, absolutelyâ (where âobviouslyâ can be mildly derisive, roughly equivalent to âNo shit!â), though the use has been around a long time and is current. Consider the following passages of dialogue from the ï¬lm Ofï¬ce Space (1999): Lawrence: When a boss wants you to work on Saturday, he generally asks you at the end of the day, right? . . . So all youâve got to do is avoid him . . . the last few hours on Friday, duck out early, turn off your answering machine; you should be home free, man. Peter: Thatâs a really good idea. Lawrence: Fuckinâ-A, buddy Peter: This isnât so bad, huh? Makinâ bucks, gettinâ exercise, workinâ outside? Lawrence: Fuckinâ-A. Peter: Fuckinâ-A. US-fucking A-Today dismissively attributes a meaningful quality, conveyed by the insert, to USA Today, though inserts in inï¬xes, according to McMillanâs Rule, are not supposed to carry lexical meaning.1 McMillanâs Rule extends not
American Speech: A Quarterly of Linguistic Usage – Duke University Press
Published: Sep 1, 2001
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