What are the orginins of the 'f' word?

Question

when and why did people start using the 'f' word?

Answer 1

Though
a few common English words have grown out of acronyms (words created by taking the first letter(s) of major words in a phrase), 'f+ck' isn't one of them. With precious few exceptions, words of acronymic origin date from the 20th century and no earlier. It's almost guaranteed, therefore, any word from before the time of automobiles did not spring to life from a series of initials becoming so common folks began pronouncing it as its own word.

The acronymic explanation of the origin of 'f+ck' takes one of two paths: Fornication Under Consent of the King or For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. Dealing with the first of these, though it's pleasing to think couples looking to procreate in those Dark Old Days had to first obtain the sovereign's persmission and then post a notice of what they were up to so all the neighbors could enjoy a good snicker, a moment's thought should set that one to rest. Were the king responsible for handing out such permissions, he wouldn't have time to do anything else (or even to keep up with that one task). Likewise, though there have been times when conquering forces have engaged in rape, it wasn't by royal fiat at the behest of a king looking to further dispirit the conquered.

One last nail in the coffin of the 'fornication under consent of the king' origin comes from the word 'fornication' itself. Though many reasonably conclude fornication is the old-time word for having sex, the term specifically excludes the physical union of man and wife. One can fornicate premaritally or extramaritally, but not intramaritally. In light of this, any claim wedded couples trying to entice the stork down their chimney were granted fornication permits crashes against the rock of the wrong word being used.

The second path has the word deriving from the short form of 'For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge.' Variously, adulterers, rapists, child molesters, and them wot engaged in premarital hanky panky were, as part of their punishment, sentenced to wear a placard announcing their wrongdoing. According to this origin, adulterers locked the stocks in village squares sported 'F+CK' around their necks as did rapists walking around in prison yards.

Here, the word that trips that proposed etymology is the least obvious one — 'For.' Though displaying miscreants in stocks and public shaming were popular punishments in 18th and 19th century USA, any placards left either on the prisoner or on top of the stock would list the crime succinctly. Thus, someone who'd been caught filtching would have a placard that said 'Thief' or 'Stealing,' maybe even 'Stealing a Cow,' but never one that read 'For Stealing a Cow.' The 'For' would be superfluous.

Okay, so the word didn't come to us from an acronym; where did it come from then?

Answer 2

**** is an English word which, when used literally as a verb, means "to engage in sexual intercourse". It is generally considered to be an offensive profanity.

It is unclear whether the word has 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."[1] Other evidence indicates that it may have become vulgar as early as the 16th century in England, although neither set of evidence is inherently contradictory to the other, since many words have multiple connotations.

**** is used not only as a verb (transitive and intransitive), but also as a noun, interjection, and, occasionally, as an expletive infix. The etymology of the word is uncertain


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Answer 3

Some people think it began as an acronym, especially in Middle ages, where you had to get a permit from the king or some other authority to have sex with your spouse. This permit was supposedly called Fornication Under Consent of King.

Or, if you engaged in illict sex, (eg., adultery, premartial sex) then I THINK someone nailed a sign on your front door that said: For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge.

However, the validity of both stories are questionable.

Answer 4

It isn't, as many people think, "good old Anglo-Saxon". They had very few swear words, and evn ones we do use, like sh1t, were not considered offensive, bur descriptive.

It is a Dutch word, which was introduced to Britian, probably by Dutch sailors, around 1650. The meaning was it's current one.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

ita a man made word! something people made up to be nasty....Who knows where it came from,?no body really knows.I don,t even like that word.....its not really a word.....Oh you will get a professor on it that will give you a million web sites to look up,but im here to tell you its man made..

Answer 7

ok i'm a retard and i've made up my own slang but every time i use that word it means get the hell away or i hope u die or sometimes it mean sexy ****!!

Answer 8

I guess it is a slang. I do not know of its origins though..sorry!