When did the f four letter word become so popular, I don't think it has been around here that much

[surfermaw]

[Occam Bandage]

1. Er, since at least the 1400s.

[provis99]

2. Fart? Fool? Fork? Could you be more explicit?

No? ah, fuck it.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

5. feel? felt? fool? fuel? filo? funk? fink? fact? fowl?

[Lone_Star_Dem]

10. It's gotta be FACT. Goodness knows that one's not used around here much anymore.

:D

[ChairmanAgnostic]

16. Tip 'o me Hat, to Lone Star.

I am always amused that one of the most pleasant, friendliest sentences in Lithuanian sounds like this:

FUCK-danai, mano BITCH-uli, SHIT-am sustitikime ASS-ame LAME-ingi.

(To tell it straight, my dearest friend, meeting with you is sheer joy)

[griffi94]

24. your profile says you're from texas

you should be used to fact free politics by now :rofl:

[Blue-Jay]

3. Fart?

[HereSince1628]

4. It was baned from subject lines of originating posts for a long time

Since this primary season it's all been down hill.
We were mostly more civil than this when Bev "the unmentionable" was stirring things up.

[LoZoccolo]

19. Bev Harris? That was a long-ass fucken time ago!

I wonder what the fuck ever happened to her?

[HereSince1628]

20. I cannot speak of it. Think of Voldemort, he's easier to grasp

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

26. Beat's the Fuck out of me

[Debi]

6. Food?

Fine?

Face?

x(

Frustration mixed with low intelligence caucuses the use of profanity (yes, I'm guilty of having both at times) :hi:

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. On DU or in general?

I have acquaintances the use that word to punctuate every sentence. The use of f-ing as a substitute is pretty lame, since, what's the difference?

[JuniperLea]

9. Freaking weird! Look at my post below...

Posted at the exact same time as yours... using the exact same words... killer!

[The_Casual_Observer]

11. f-ing wild! Must be we have the same f-ing friends.

[JuniperLea]

That's what I'm f-ing thinking! eom

[JuniperLea]

8. It got here long before I did...

I know some people who compete in its usage and punctuate every sentence with the same. I try to save it so it means more when I do use it... but that's just me.

It doesn't bother me at all. Condescension bugs the fuck out of me though.

[CJCRANE]

12. I used the f-word

on a couple of Ralph Nader threads. Normally I don't but it seemed appropriate at the time.

[tammywammy]

13. Since I was 18?

:shrug:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

14. Fuck, I don't know.

It's derived from German, just like most of fucking English. I assume it's been around as long as the rest of the fucking language has been around.

[Bluerthanblue]

15. age old question, "which came first- the f-word, or the f-word user?"

seriously,
I can't ever remember it not being used.

Guess that doesn't say very good things about what circles I've spun round in eh?

:hi:

peace~

[Der Blaue Engel]

17. What the fuck are you talking about?

:wtf:

[LoZoccolo]

18. I think it's been here for fucken ever. n/t

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

21. Perhaps it is a generational thing

Personally, I never heard the word until I was 17. In my family, the word is still not used. I like to think there are more effective ways of communicating.

[grantcart]

22. I left the US in 1978 and returned 1994

when I came back it was a major culture shock. The best way I could explain it to people is that when I left the United States 'mother' was not a hyphenated word.

[Stinky The Clown]

23. The "F" word??? Wow!

Say it isn't so .......

[From The Left]

25. "Fuck" is the new black

Everyone wears it well.

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

27. I though Bitch was the new Fuck...I'm so confused

[From The Left]

29. LOL!

[Warren Stupidity]

28. fucking stupid waste of a fucking gdp post

by the way do you think you will melt or something if you actually spell the whole word out?

As long as we are on the subject of the usage of the word 'fuck', did you know that the English tell people to 'fuck off' while we americans tell them to 'go fuck yourself' or more directly we will say 'fuck you' while the Brits it seems prefer to tell you to 'fuck off'?

I found it fascinating myself. 'Fuck off' is far less hostile. It can mean 'go do nothing' as in 'we just fucked off all day'.