The word "FUCK" is one of the most vulgar and obscene words in an everyday

English speaking enviroment. Offensive to accepted standards of decency or

modesty. But why? Where did it originate? How does the FCC fine broadcasters

for accidentally letting it slip through on a program when that same

word ""fuck"" was nowhere to be found in any dictionary I checked while growing

up.I found ""bitch"" and ""ass"" but not ""fuck"". WTF!!! society has turned

a non existing word into a verbal lethal weapon or just the mere action which

enabled our existance... where does this word "FUCK"

really originate from? anyone know ?

cHemicalbALANCe said:

Worst word? It's the best word

I looked here www.dictionary.com and guess what it says?




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2 entries found for fuck.
fuck ( P ) Pronunciation Key (fk) Vulgar Slang
v. fucked, fuck·ing, fucks
v. tr.
To have sexual intercourse with.
To take advantage of, betray, or cheat; victimize.
Used in the imperative as a signal of angry dismissal.

v. intr.
To engage in sexual intercourse.
To act wastefully or foolishly.
To interfere; meddle. Often used with with.

n.
An act of sexual intercourse.
A partner in sexual intercourse.
A despised person.
Used as an intensive: What the fuck did you do that for?

interj.
Used to express extreme displeasure.

Phrasal Verbs:
fuck off
Used in the imperative as a signal of angry dismissal.
To spend time idly.
To masturbate.
fuck over
To treat unfairly; take advantage of.
fuck up
To make a mistake; bungle something.
To act carelessly, foolishly, or incorrectly.
To cause to be intoxicated.


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[Middle English, attested in pseudo-Latin fuccant, (they) fuck, deciphered from gxddbov.]

cHemicalbALANCe said:

http://urbanlegends.about...f-word.htm

"Status: False"

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

It's my favorite

catharsis said:

Aww man, I thought I'd learned something today

i don't think it's the worst word. i think there's one that's even worster.

MikeHunt said:[quote]

I remember that sign That's from Burning Man.

Too bad one year it got paintballed. Some People have NO respect for Art.

APOO said:

it is actually a word now I assume!! apu ain't lyin but he did leave out the best parts written at the bottom ..





Word History: The obscenity fuck is a very old word and has been considered shocking from the first, though it is seen in print much more often now than in the past. Its first known occurrence, in code because of its unacceptability, is in a poem composed in a mixture of Latin and English sometime before 1500. The poem, which satirizes the Carmelite friars of Cambridge, England, takes its title, “Flen flyys,” from the first words of its opening line, “Flen, flyys, and freris,” that is, “fleas, flies, and friars.” The line that contains fuck reads “Non sunt in coeli, quia gxddbov xxkxzt pg ifmk.” The Latin words “Non sunt in coeli, quia,” mean “they [the friars] are not in heaven, since.” The code “gxddbov xxkxzt pg ifmk” is easily broken by simply substituting the preceding letter in the alphabet, keeping in mind differences in the alphabet and in spelling between then and now: i was then used for both i and j; v was used for both u and v; and vv was used for w. This yields “fvccant [a fake Latin form] vvivys of heli.” The whole thus reads in translation: “They are not in heaven because they fuck wives of Ely [a town near Cambridge].”

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fuck

n : slang terms for sexual intercourse [syn: fucking, screw, screwing, ass, nooky, nookie, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, shag, shtup] v : have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" [syn: roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk]





fuck up edit
[Edited 12/10/04 13:41pm]

It comes from the word "foculation", a word used in Shakespearean times to describe sexual intercourse.

cHemicalbALANCe said:

I always heard that "F.U.C.K." originated in the 1800's in London, when they used to charge prostitutes "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge". So officer got sick and tired of writing those, um, lessee, 26 characters, not including spaces, so it got abbreviated FUCK and stuck.

GaylordFauker said:

That's what I'd always heard as well Mr. F.

GaylordFauker said:

I was told it came from the two words "fun" & "luck"

i actually thing it's a fabulous word. i do.

yes it is not always appropriate but sometimes a good "FUCK!" is.

GaylordFauker said:

Having consulted the definitive reference work on this subject (yes, there is such a thing: "The F-Word" by Jesse Sheidlower, published by Random House in 1999), I feel confident in dismissing the above claims as imaginative bunk.

The word "fuck" did not originate as an acronym. It crept, fully formed, into the English language from Dutch or Low German around the 15th century — it's impossible to say precisely when because so little documentary evidence exists, probably due to the fact that the word was so taboo throughout its early history that people were afraid to write it down. (The American Heritage Dictionary says its first known occurrence in English literature was in the satirical poem, "Flen, Flyss" (c.1500), where it was both disguised as a Latin word and encrypted — "gxddbov," deciphered as "fuccant," pseudo-Latin for "they fuck.")

According to Sheidlower, the earliest print mentions of supposed acronymic origins for the F-word appeared in the 1960s. An underground newspaper called the East Village Other published this version in 1967:

It's not commonly known that the word "fuck" originated as a medical diagnostic notation on the documests of soldiers in the British Imperial Army. When a soldier reported sick and was found to have V.D., the abbreviation F.U.C.K. was stamped on his documents. It was short for "Found Under Carnal Knowledge."
Two more variants appeared in a letter published in Playboy magazine in 1970:

My friend claims that the word fuck originated in the 15th Century, when a married couple needed permission from the king to procreate. Hence, Fornication Under Consent of the King. I maintain that it's an acronym of a law term used in the 1500s that referred to rape as Forced Unnatural Carnal Knowledge."
Undoubtedly the most famous use of this etymological travesty was as the title of the 1991 Van Halen album, "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge."

I heard once ...

For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge...I know that this is the name of an album...but I think that's what it stands for.

GaylordFauker said:

OOOpsie, didn't read this post before posting...yes..that's it.

superspaceboy said:

No, that's still not it (see my above post).

http://urbanlegends.about...f-word.htm

"Status: False"

I have a book that has all the variations
uses and meanings for the word.

How come there havent been any new words
since the 7 deadly words u cant use?

CalhounSq said:

Mine too.

The word "fuck" IS in the dictionary. I looked it up one time years ago wondering if it was and it was

luv4u said:

you're right! read above apu said he looked it up!

Anxiety said:

Is worster a "real" word. Your fingers are slipping on the keyboard

I really do not think it is worse then "cunt" which I love to use whenever I can.

MostBeautifulGrlNTheWorld said:

"cunt" is more wicked than "fuck"

This is for those who live in Chi-town...


What three streets in Chicago rhyme with vagina?


Answer: Melvina, Paulina and Lunt.

luv4u said: