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Lexicon Valley

Seven Centuries of F--ks

Lexicon Valley

Lexicon Valley

Education, Society & Culture

4.8611 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2015

⏱️ 32 minutes

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On a recent revelation regarding the history of one our most enduring expletives. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Because you bought your robot vacuum on your Barclay card, you got 0% interest for up to 24 months, which makes watching it, hypnotically sweeping up your crumbs, even more satisfying.

0:11.0

Oh, Mr. Bit. What you buy is your business. Helping you pay less interest is ours.

0:17.0

Barclay Card, make money work for you. Subject to financial status, new customers only.

0:22.4

Representative example, 24.9% APR representative variable, 24.9% purchase rate per annum based on

0:27.8

1,200 pound credit limit tis and Cs apply.

0:34.3

From Washington, D.C., this is Lexicon Valley, a podcast about language.

0:40.1

I'm Bob Garfield with Mike Folo, and today, episode number 70, titled Seven Centuries of Fux,

0:47.1

wherein we discuss a breakthrough in the linguistic field of F-wordology.

0:56.4

Hey, Mikey. Hey, Mikey.

0:57.4

Hey, Bobby.

0:58.0

How you doing, buddy?

0:58.8

Splendid.

0:59.4

Thank you in your own self.

1:00.7

I'm great.

1:01.4

I'm great.

1:02.2

Before we start, Bob, I want to emphasize the explicit language warning at the top of the show,

1:07.4

which is read by our esteemed leader, Andy Bowers.

1:15.0

There will be a lot of F-bombs in this episode. There have already been one, I believe, in the intro you read. There will be many more.

1:20.4

If you do not wish to hear the F word or other swear words, then please turn this podcast off now.

1:29.4

Well, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

1:30.5

Not so fast.

1:31.2

Why don't we do it without saying any expletives?

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