I do not see anything at all wrong with using the "F" word tastifully. It adds emphasis and can relax the the audience. I know "Wired" magazine and some of the coll tech blogs use it quite effectively.

To elegantly imply the "word" (with a phrase) eats a bunch of pentameter and may loose the attention of the audience.

I remember when I made a board score on "Centipede", there were all the "fuk" initials. Of course the games only allowed for three initials.

US quasi reality hyposisis TV now just bleeps - no music on MTV - we are bombarded with the quasi reality of the rich and famous with coming out parties and sweet 16 nose & boob jobs and beeps when the fat girl yells to her boyfriend "Tell em I gave you the best oral "beep" you've ever had."

The predictions of "Robocop" are coming true: "Now I'd pay a dollar for that!"


>It's one thing writing a 3-liner (no pun) like I did, but I can't believe someone could be bothered to prepare all that tripe.
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>Incidentally, in the UK the clothing company "French Connection" have a line in apparel, with fcuk written on it (standing for "French Connection UK"). Last week I saw an Irish lass with "fcek - The Irish Connection" on her T-shirt. Made me laugh.
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>(In case you don't get it, the Irish say "feck" as a less offensive version of the subject word).
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>>>One drivation (possibly apochryphal) I've heard is it stands for "Port Outward - Starboard Home" dating back to rich liner passengers who had the cabins facing away from the dock. Of course, this assumes that ships always berth facing a particular way and doesn't really make sense to me.
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>>Apocryphal, according to Snopes - http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/fu ck.htm (eliminate the space to get the entire hyperlink; see the last paragraph for "posh").