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On Thu, 6 Feb 2020, Rob Pike wrote:

> Frodo (Ted Kowalski) told me it was originally spelled, and pronounced,
> fuck, for good reason, but he soon realized it was going to be used by
> others and changed one letter. It was just letters after that.

And now in some circles it's a euphemism for "fuck" ;)

-uso.