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Thread #95824   Message #1868735
Posted By: Bunnahabhain
25-Oct-06 - 09:02 PM
Thread Name: BS: Who are 'The Dickens'?
Subject: RE: BS: Who are 'The Dickens'?
The oxford etmylogical dictionary concurs, dickens is 16th century substitution for devil.

Fatty Arbuckle may be objectionable as due to its initials, F A. Fanny Adams, or Sweet Fanny Adams was a 19th century murdere, but her name has evolved into a substitute for Fuck all, due to the initals.