You've given me pretext to supply my favorite example...

You've given me pretext to supply my favorite example...
by Kbyrnes (2020-12-16 01:07:16)

In reply to: F-cked. We just ___. We are ____. * posted by Inigomontoya

...which comes from Paul Fussell's book, Wartime. The scene: an air base in England, WWII. A British mechanic is working on an aircraft engine when his spanner slips, ruining the thread on a bolt, skinning his knuckles, and eliciting this memorable use of the f-word as epithet, adjective, noun, and past participle:

"Fuck! The fucking fucker's fucked!"

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and, perfectly understood to English-speakers everywhere. - mkovac 2020-12-16 02:54:52
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- I learn something new here every day. * - Barney68 2020-12-16 09:49:01