Like everything, the offensiveness of words depends on context. It's
True! For instance...if I remember right...there are certain words which are used from the 1st letter in each word. Of Germanic origin, related to Dutch, German, and Swedish words for to strike and to move back and forth. It first appears, though, only in the 16th century, in a manuscript of the Latin orator Cicero. Other explanations:
It originated as a medical diagnostic notation relating to soldiers in
the British Imperial Army. When a soldier reported sick and was found to have VD, an abbreviation was stamped on his documents, short for Found Under
Carnal Knowledge.
The origin was in the fifteenth century, when a married couple had to
have permission from the king to procreate. Hence, Fornication Under Consent
of the King (or sometimes Fornication Upon Command of the King).
During the time of the Puritans, a person imprisoned in the stocks would have his or her crime displayed on the timbers. Because space was tight, when adultery was involved they used an acronym that represented the words For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge.
End of history lesson. Back to our unscheduled regular programming.
good in this one = "My BBS is working". :D
You're right...but what's the fun in that?;>
--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/09/12 (Windows/32)
* Origin: ACME BBS-0118 999 881 999 119 725 3 (21:2/147)