my-ear-trumpet reblogged
1912: Oh, Fudge!
“Such words as ‘Oh, hell!’ and ‘damn,’ which appear in Shakespeare’s ‘Merchant of Venice,’ need not be read by the girls in the eighth grade of Flushing, L.I., schools, according to officials there. Oh, Fudge!”
~From The day book. (Chicago, Ill.), 14 March 1912. Chronicling America.