Who deemed them as being impolite or inappropriate language? I wonder who was the very first person to say that the F word and the S word (etc.) are gonna be referred to as curse words....
2006-06-21 16:55:47 · 13 answers · asked by High? 6 in Family & Relationships ➔ Friends
f***: beleived to be from old english but there are other variations..the one i know of is in old dutch and its fokken and means to breed or copulate hence its verbal function today
sh**: originated from the old english word shite which is still used today in the UK
These words probably became deemed vulgar because they were "slang" used by the lower classes and the upper classes looked down on them and their language..i guess similar to if u said yo to the queen of england..specifically f**** was probably called a curse because it reduced human sexual intercouse to the level of breeding...i'm not sure about sh**
2006-06-21 17:00:51 · answer #1 · answered by dandaman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's different for every word just like everyday words have different ways they came about. For instance: the "F" word. The origins were from the early days of the United States, back when we were just a bunch of colonies. There was a law on the books that listed the punishment for adultery. If you had "relations" with another person's spouse, you would be put in stocks in the center of town. Stocks being the contraption that would hold your head and hands in place while people pointed and made fun of you. They would also right the crime above your head so people knew what evil deed you did. For adultery, the crime was listed on the books as being: For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. This was too long to write on the boards so they abbreviated it. And you know what that spells.
As a side note, the rock band Van Halen has used the phrase For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge as an album title.
2006-06-21 17:03:56 · answer #2 · answered by zenzland1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who cares really where it originated from. We probably won't ever know for sure anyway. Let's just all use the F and S words properly and one day it'll just be accepted vocabulary and nothing will be wrong with it.
Hey Joe B, what the f-ck is up?
That's some f-ckin' hot chick.
You dumb sh-t brain.
That's some hot sh-t you got cooking there.
Just like Di-k and how that became a man's body part. Also, how is Di-k short of Richard? This means every person that names their child Richard is saying they're a di-k.
2006-06-21 17:19:14 · answer #3 · answered by DarthFangNutts 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have always heard the F word comes from an aconym of words: For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge When someone was convicted of adultery (I believe) they would be put in stocks (hands and arms locked into a piece of wood) in the public square to be shamed as their punishment - but they could not fit the whole word on the board of the Stocks, so the word was born of the initials (hence the sexual connontations associated with it).
2016-05-20 10:26:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many came about as variations/misunderstandings of words in foreign languages
2006-06-21 16:59:12 · answer #5 · answered by W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slang terms deemed unappropriate.
Or something =)
2006-06-21 16:58:10 · answer #6 · answered by revoltix 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grab a book on semantics.
Aria
*The illnovelist*
2006-06-21 17:03:35 · answer #7 · answered by illnovelist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everybody knows it was George Bush.
2006-06-21 16:59:04 · answer #8 · answered by JUNK MAN 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I asked myself the same freakin question all the damned time! lol
2006-06-21 16:57:52 · answer #9 · answered by DELETED ACCOUNT 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think about it too somtimes.....i mean some pple just get addicted to saying swear words but dont mean to..that its just a habbit..i bet they wouldnt say that if it was just a word.....ok that didnt really make any sence but ya its weird...............O GOD THERE IS A SPIDER ON ME!!! S***!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..lol
2006-06-21 17:00:08 · answer #10 · answered by kkk09 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋