Here’s where the most notorious curse word comes from
Long-time favorite four-letter-word ‘f***’ has crept more steadily in recent decades into media, society, slang and even politics. As many Americans (and global citizens) exclaimed it around the US presidential race and results, a new edition of lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower’s The F-Word has been published. He shares some ‘f****ing’ factoids with Sheila Flynn