4 letter words found again in the dictionary..

Why this post, you may ask? During last night's Aeros game -
I could've used them several times to .... relieve stress, LOL.For almost 170 years, Victorian pruderie prohibited inclusion of certain 4 letter words and others pertaining to sex into the dictionaries; even though the first time the word "f..." was listed in a dictionary of 1598, then used to explain the Italian fottere, and still found as late as 1795. The 1960's were more inclusive.

For a 'tongue-in-cheek' discussion of the problem find your way to the 1971 essay by satirist Munc Wang (pseudonym of syntactitian Avery Andrews).

Do you know the real meaning of 'menage a trois'? Most Dictionaries use it in the 'old timey' way, while only the OED mentions it in the way the younger generation now understands its meaning.