A brief history of the word "fuck"

An interesting article, but I have to point out a more (in my opinion) entertaining take. As the pandemic dragged on and began to seem interminable, Netflix released a somewhat under-the-radar series called "History of Swear Words". Each episode has Nicolas Cage hosting a documentary of a swear word in exactly the over-the-top fashion you'd expect. The word covered by the article is episode 1.

This series gave me some much-needed laughs at the time (YMMV).

In the 1990s, the British musical press (NME etc.) decided it couldn't possibly print "fuck", but "fook" was fine.

So whenever they interviewed Blur (from London) it would be f--- this and f--- that, but Oasis (from Manchester) were given the full fooking treatment.

As a French speaker, what is quite surprising is how close the use of "fuck" mirrors the use of "foutre" in French. However, in French, the word has become pretty weak as an expletive. Nobody would be shocked if you say: "je m'en fous", which could be translated either as "I don't give a fuck" or "I don't give a damn". The original sexual meaning of the word is lost on most people now, except when it is used as a noun. For instances, in French movies in the 1930, people would use the verb in a pretty casual way, without any real problems, which means that it had already lost its vulgar side. I guess "fuck" is following the same parallel trend.

> superficially similar words in other languages—Latin futuere

I was hoping for a facere[1] tie-in. That would be most 'effective'.

[1] http://latindictionary.wikidot.com/verb:facere

perhaps one of the most interesting words of the english language today:

https://archive.org/details/JackWagnerattr.MontyPythontheWor...

George Carlin was spot on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnDUqof1KoM

The subject of a well done doc from 2005 (https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0486585/trivia/?item=tr1027526), which included Penn Jilette, Pat Boone, Ron Jeremy, Hunter S Thompson's final appearance, and more.

What's in a name.

"... concerning a man named Roger Fuckebythenavele ... "

"As authorities tried to appre­hend him, his name entered the records several times over the course of many months, showing that this was a real name rather than a one-off joke."

Or it could have been a one-off joke that stuck.

This reminds me an interesting netflix doc series, History of Swear words: https://www.netflix.com/title/81305757

hosted by Nicolas Cage

Osho on the word fuck.

https://youtu.be/6D7rWLzloOI

If it says 'sign in' in youtube web, just click open app. works there.

He forgot to say that it derives from the German word ficken, which derived probably from the Greek θήκη ("fiki") - th changed to f - or the Italian ficare.

What are the HN regulations regarding swear terms?

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