Spike Jones wrote:
> 
> 
> PPS/tangent on a tangent:  I have heard the term fuckin A since I was
> a young man, and have never understood what it means or where it
> came from.  It must have a very odd etymology.  Any ideas?  The
> way it is used is to mean, "indeed, correct, verily", etc.  Is there an
> early reference in literature?  spike
It's army creole, I grew up with it.  Tom Wolfe mentioned the term in
"The Right Stuff".
-- Doug Jones, Rocket Plumber
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