
FUCK!
March 10, 2008Fuck… I was about to post the dictionary.com definition, but there is about 13 of them. Being one that says it quite a lot, I accomplish all 13 definitions on most days. It is a bit sad when I think about it sometimes, but … fuck it. It is a term mostly used in slang. Ex. “Fuck off” (Agressively telling someone to leave you alone), “just fuckin’ around” (messing around, or for some kinder slang expressing this, dilly dallying), and “fuck you!” )this popular phrase is a response to someone treating you unfairly). More definitively we use it describing sexual embrace between 2 or more people. The etymology of the word is uncertain, but there are a few theories. I have heard it stems from the acronym, “Fornication Under Consent of the King” This however is wrong according to Wikipedia. This is just a false etymology. Some similar terms would be Germanic words such as “fokken’ (to breed) in Dutch, and “ficken” (to copulate) in German. It is quite unsure where it came from, but it has made a heavy impact on language today. It is seemingly the most common slang term we hear everyday.
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