See XXXX in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1988 June 10, in the Guardian, quoted in 2009 by Jesse Sheidlower in The F-Word, page 269",
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Download raw JSONL data for XXXX meaning in English (4.1kB)
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