Proofreading Service - Pain in the English
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Proofreading Service - Pain in the English
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John D in Washington

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injecting swear words

  • November 15, 2012, 8:52am

Does anyone know how far usages like this go back? They sound very contemporary to my ear, but I was reminded recently, at a pleasant evening at the theater, that they were in use, at the very least, in the 1950s. Recall that Eliza Doolittle sings that it would be "oh, so loverly sittin' abso-bloomin'-lutely still . . ."