An Entymology of the word Fuck

The printed history of the word “*censored*” was first documented in a poem by Dunbar in 1503, and later documented in 1598 in a slang dictionary as a definition o

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Than the great writer James Joyce published the word “Fuck” in his book “Ulysses” in 1922, nevertheless the word has remained a major taboo in formal writing. ” But, as it is later stated in the book, there is no sustaining evidence towards the etymology of the taboo word “*censored*”. Yet, the word was not widely used until after World War 2, in which it is seen in such acronyms as FUBIS (Fuck you buddy I’m shipping out) or FUBAR (Fucked up beyond all recognition). Besides, could you imagine slipping and not having a curse word to exclaim the extreme pain?

. First, it’s meaning comes to include “a person, (usually a woman)” for example “She/he was a good *censored*”. My own hunches tell me it’s just like human nature to find something that offends them and go with it. ” This gives a little insight into why “*censored*” is so offensive, but nothing concrete. The closest word to the English “*censored*” is the German word “frikken” or the Norweigen word “fukken” all which mean to copulate. The true glory of the word “*censored*” was not brought to it’s potential till the 1970’s when it’s meaning came to include “nothing”, “bad luck”, “the spirit, ex- kicking the *censored* out of”, and “indicating a difference of importance.

I then went straight to “The Cassell Dictionary of Slang”, which traced the word “*censored*” all the way back to the late 17th century; “An act of copulation” or sex. In Swedish “focka” means to strike or push, “fock” describes a penis, and “given the plethora of euphemisms equating intercourse or penetration with striking or hitting, there may be substantiations in the suggestion of a root word in Latin “pugnare”- to strike. As the first part of the 20th century rolls around, the word evolves quite a bit. This term’s meaning remained just “sex” until the late 18th century when it’s term seemed to erratically change to mean “anything at all that is negative”.

So why is the word *censored* so offensive? Perhaps, because it describes sex in a very un-holy manner or because it was made popular by the military and is considered a “sailor word”.

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