
“Now, look, baby, 'Union' is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.”
"Anything Goes"
Anything Goes (1934)
“Now, look, baby, 'Union' is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.”
“I don't want to use four-letter words.”
“Don't get me too excited because I use four letter words when I get excited.”
PENN Address (2004)
Context: Don't get me too excited because I use four letter words when I get excited.
I'd just like to say to the parents, your children are safe, your country is safe, the FCC has taught me a lesson and the only four letter word I'm going to use today is P-E-N-N. Come to think of it 'Bono' is a four-letter word. The whole business of obscenity — I don't think there's anything certainly more unseemly than the sight of a rock star in academic robes. It's a bit like when people put their King Charles spaniels in little tartan sweats and hats. It's not natural, and it doesn't make the dog any smarter.
Lenny Brucehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5241370.stm
18th October 1968
1960s
Source: https://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/flatview?cuecard=34499
“If I knew words enough, I could write the longest love letter in the world and never get tired”
Source: The Best Early Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“If,' Roland said. 'An old teacher of mine used to call it the only word a thousand letters long.”
Source: Wolves of the Calla