What's the origin of the word "lurve"?

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It appears as a word with origins in Britic slang: Lurve = Noun/Verb. Love. Humourous and intentional mispronunciation to suggest more passion and lust. Similarly, some suggest that it was originaled in the Woody Allen movie "Annie Hall":From the movie Annie Hall: A heightened term to suggest more-than-love. See here - Annie stutters about her love for him. And serious emotional words fail Alvy when he tries to tell Annie how much she means to him. [Both appear to have never vowed their true love for one another in their entire relationship.] He even circumvents the word 'love' and retreats into comedy to directly avoid saying that he loves her: Love is, is too weak a word for what I feel - I lurve you, you know, I loave you, I luff you, two F's, yes I have to invent, of course I - I do, don't you think I do? http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=lurve http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/l.htm http://www.filmsite.org/anni3.html Nov 09 09, 7:21 PM