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[BillK]

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Damien Broderick  wrote:
> Short for "sweet fuck-all," aka SFA, which is no less puzzling. Then there's
> an equally mysterious derivation from Fanny Adams, but I have a hunch that
> was a later euphemism.
>


The problem for etymologists is that swear words were banned from most
written publications before the 20th C. So tracing the usage and
origin gets a bit tricky.  ;)


BillK