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Examples of [[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]]s in [[{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] include:
 
* Prey by [[Michael Crichton]] definitely qualifies. One character utters five F-bombs in one ''sentence''.
* ''Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist'' by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. 245 uses, more or less.
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** In the radio play and the US versions of the book, the award was for most gratuitous use of the word "Belgium", which is apparently [[Pardon My Klingon|an alien swear word]].
*** In at least one version of the radio play, "fuck" is left in but [[Watershed|(since it was intended for broadcast at 6.30 pm)]] [[Sound Effect Bleep|rendered utterly inaudible]] by a [[Space Is Noisy|starship engine.]]
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** Spoofed in ''[[Discworld/The Truth|The Truth]]'' where Mr. Tulip is likely to drop "---ing" bombs. Yes, he actually pronounces the dashes. ("An ---ing ''werewolf''? Are you ---ing kidding me?!") Terry Pratchett has referred to what it sounds like as "the Englishman's version of the bushman 'click' language". Sacharissa later tries to curse the same way, but leaves out the dashes (she just yells "ing", and proclaims it to be very satisfying).
** Hilariously averted in ''[[Discworld/Feet of Clay (novel)|Feet of Clay]]'', when a mob of priests accuse Vimes of "gross profanity and the worship of idols" for hiring the golem Dorfl as a policeman. Vimes' reply rates as a Missed Moment of Awesome F -Bombing:
{{quote|'''Vimes:''' I don't worship him, I'm just employing him. And he's far from idol. {takes deep breath} And if it's ''gross profanity'' you're looking for--
'''Dorfl:''' {making timely interruption} Might I Offer A Comment? }}
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* ''[[House of Leaves]]'', anyone? To quote Johnny Truant;
{{quote|"Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck you. Fuck me. Fuck this. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck."}}
* In the book ''[[Lamb: The Gospel According To Biff]]'' (a comedy about Jesus' best friend), the narrator is resurrected in our time to write his version of the Gospel. He also includes random comments on his bewilderment in the modern world, including a rant on curses, which lampshades this.
{{quote|"Back home we had maybe half a dozen curse words. Here you can curse the air blue for twenty minutes without repeating yourself..."}}
** Pretty much any book by [[Christopher Moore]]. Pull one off the shelf, open it to any page, and you're guaranteed to see the word "fuck" at least once.
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