What is the origin of the word'f**k' and why d use?is it not having the same pronounciation with food fork?

Question

How come the word came to be?Is it generally known in the world that that that is the meaning,That word is really affecting the correct pronouciatin of food fork!I'm I right? and why the ** in the middle?-because of what?

Answer 1

Stands for "Fornication Under Consent of King"

Edit: According to http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_268b.html

It stands for "fornication under consent of the king," which was supposedly tacked up over the doors of government-approved brothels in early England.

It also stands for "for the use of carnal knowledge," which allegedly was stamped on condoms, or, alternatively, used the same way as "for unlawful carnal knowledge."

Answer 2

Possibly another urban legend but...

For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge.
This is supposedly the offence written in the docket, book or whatever that a judge charged a criminal to for having been intimate with someone they should not have been with. Like a non-gov't sanctioned prostitute. Who knows. But, it is the only word in the english language that can be used as just about every part of speech..noun, verb, adverb, adjective, etc etc It's f**king amazing.

Answer 3

What I heard was that during the 1600 in London, when the police department had just gotten started, the police would arrest a person who was trying to has sex with children. The charge would be Found Under Carnal Knowledge meaning that the person was found with an under age person trying to convince the child to have sex with them. It got abbreviated to the work you are asking about. If this is true or not I do not know.

Answer 4

A military court term Found Using Carnal Knowledge. If someone had gonew awol for a short time and been caught with a "camp follower"

Answer 5

For
Undue
Carnal
Knowledge

~given as the reason a person was put in stocks in Puritan times

Answer 6

"F*ck" is an English word which, when used literally as a verb, means "to have sexual intercourse". It is generally considered one of the most vulgar words in the English language and a classic example of the swear word. Because of its offensive nature it is sometimes referred to as the "f-word" or "f-bomb".

It is unclear whether the word had always been considered vulgar, and if not, when it first started to be considered vulgar. Some evidence indicates that in some English-speaking locales it was considered acceptable as late as the 17th century meaning "to strike" or "to penetrate". Other evidence indicates that it may have become vulgar as early as the 16th century in England. The etymology of the word is uncertain.

In contemporary usage, the versatility of the word is such that it can be used as a verb (to f*ck), noun (a f*ck), adjective (f*cking), adverb (this car won't f*cking drive) or interjection (F*ck!). F*ck is also one of the few words in standard English commonly used as an infix, as in 'absof*ckinglutely' or 'inf*ckingcredible', along with several other expletive infixes.

Answer 7

In those old days, when culprits of fornication were produced in court, they were said to being prosecuted "For unlawful carnal knowledge".

Answer 8

it is american slang. in ww2 the dutch word f****en , which means to penetrate ,was mutalated and brouhgt back here to be used as a vulgar way to replace the olde english version of "intercourse thyself"

Answer 9

Legal term, as in:The suspects were charged
For
Unlawfull
Carnal
Knowledge

Answer 10

See this, it is enlightening. http://www.ebaumsworld.com/flash/fwordflash.html