Definitions
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- interjection euphemistic, Canada
Fuck !;fuck off !
Etymologies
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coinage by Pierre Elliott Trudeau, former Prime Minister of Canada, 16 February 1971 when pressed by television reporters about using profanity in respect to Members of Parliament in the Canadian house thereof
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Examples
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Think of this as rhyming slang; call it Ford's fuddle-duddle; older folks may remember Nixon: expletives, deleted.
Thestar.com - Home Page Joe Fiorito 2011
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Did Pierre Trudeau not use these same word's and then tell reporters - "I said fuddle-duddle" not the F word.
CTV News RSS Feed 2009
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In the 1970s, Prime Minister Trudeau was overheard using the f-word in the House of Commons, but when asked about it later, he claimed that what he had said was fuddle-duddle.
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(I put that in because there are a few old and many young men of this club who think that military titles and honours are dirtier words than "fuddle-duddle".
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