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Thread #114361   Message #2441125
Posted By: Little Hawk
15-Sep-08 - 01:04 PM
Thread Name: BS: When did 'forbid' become 'forfend'?
Subject: RE: BS: When did 'forbid' become 'forfend'?
I had never seen the expression "heaven forfend" either Mrs Duck, until a few years ago on this forum. That's what makes me think it is some kind of trendy catch phrase that has caught on just lately amongst the psuedo-intellectual Starbucks crowd who like to flummox other people and impress one another with their supposed verbal sophistication.