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To: kingattax
I decided to look it up (even though I already knew how to use the word) and this is what I found:
If a newspaper editorial describes a politician as feckless, you might wonder, "What is feck, and why doesn’t he have any?” In fact, the columnist is accusing the politician of being irresponsible and incompetent.

Did you know that most varieties of English are in fact “feck”-less? They don’t contain a word feck, only the negative counterpart feckless. The “feck” in feckless began as a short form of effect used in the Scots dialect. So feckless essentially means "ineffective," but is also used to describe someone who is irresponsible, incompetent, inept, or without purpose in life.

Interesting!
13 posted on 03/04/2014 10:36:42 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

good work


21 posted on 03/04/2014 11:02:33 AM PST by kingattax (America needs more real Americans.)
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