Merriam-Webster is adding F-bomb to their next edition. First public reference?

Kory Stamper, an associate editor for Merriam-Webster, said she and her fellow word spies at the Massachusetts company traced it back to 1988, in a Newsday story that had the now-dead Mets catcher Gary Carter talking about how he had given them up, along with other profanities.

If Gary Carter weren't already in the Hall of Fame, this would probably put him over the top.