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Almost 90% of Americans follow some sort of religious belief.

82% are Christian
1.92% are Jewish
1.60% are Muslim
0.94% are Buddhist
2.24% are described as "Other"

The Association of Religion Data Archives | National Profiles

I wouldn't say God is dead here.
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Hi All,

I was told by native englishman that this word is an abbreviation and stands for "Fornicate Under Consent of the King".

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Some people have a weird sense of humour.
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Some people have a weird sense of humour.
It would be not so weird or complete nonsence if that wasn't a fact of history.
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Hi All,

I was told by a native Englishman that this word is an abbreviation and stands for "Fornicate Under Consent of the King".

Somebody was pulling your leg.
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As I said, someone had a weird sense of humour.
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Somebody was pulling your leg.
Explain me please, what does it mean.

The use of this (f**) word itself pulls ones leg (out ??...).
It makes the language at least poor.
As for myself I'm going to get rid of it.
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Somebody is pulling your leg =
Somebody is joking with you; somebody is putting you on
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the term or word f*ck had affected me in my lifeime the very first time i heard it i belive i was about 10 the word f*ck means in slang to have inntercourse or a term of being upset
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I started this thread providing a link with an intention that if anybody is interested to learn how the word f*k can can be used in different contexts, one can open that link. I found that link interesting thats why i wanted to share. But only few members opened that link but nobody gave the comment on that video.
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