with dialogue and used as a verb, as when Banky is challenging Holden, doubting that Holden will “…ever fuck Alyssa…” (Mosier & Smith, 1997) and when Alyssa, among others, says “Fuck you” to Banky (Mosier & Smith, 1997). It is used as an adjective, such as when almost every character calls another one something crude—when Hooper pontificates about “…all you European motherfuckers…” (Mosier & Smith, 1997), when Banky refers to those “…angry as fuck” (Mosier & Smith, 1997) lesbians and his friend, “Holden fucking McNeil…” (Mosier & Smith, 1997), or when anyone describes “a fucking challenge” (Mosier & Smith, 1997), something that is “not fucking likely” (Mosier & Smith, 1997), “twenty years of fucking friendship” (Mosier & Smith, 1997), “this
