Perhaps one of the most interesting and colorful words in the English
language today is the word "fuck". It is the one magical word which,
just by its sound, can describe pain, pleasure, love, and hate. In
language, "fuck" falls into many grammatical categories. It can be used
as a verb, both transitive (Mary fucked John) and intransitive (John
was fucked by Mary). It can be an action verb (John really gives a
fuck), a passive verb (John really doesn't give a fuck), an adverb
(John is fucking interested in Mary), or as a noun (John is a terrific
fuck). It can also be used as an adjective (Mary is fucking beautiful)
or an interjection (Fuck! I'm late for my date with Mary).
It can even be used as a conjunction (John is easy, fuck he's also
stupid). As you can see, there are very few words with the overall
versatility of the word "fuck". Aside from its sexual connotations, this
incredible word can be used to describe many situations:
1. Greetings "How the fuck are ya?"
2. Fraud "I got fucked by the car dealer."
3. Resignation "Fuck it!"
4. Trouble "I'm fucked."
5. Aggression "FUCK YOU!"
6. Disgust "Fuck me."
7. Confusion "What the fuck.......?"
8. Difficulty "I don't understand this fucking thing!"
9. Despair "Fucked again..."
10. Pleasure "I fucking couldn't be happier."
11. Displeasure "Fuck this!"
12. Lost "Where the fuck are we?"
13. Disbelief "UNBEFUCKINGLIEVABLE!"
14. Retaliation "Up your fucking ass!"
15. Denial "I didn't fucking do it."
16. Perplexity "I don't know fuck about it."
17. Apathy "Who gives a fuck?"
18. Greetings "How the fuck are ya?"
19. Suspicion "Who the fuck are ya?"
20. Panic "Let's get the fuck out of here."
21. Directions "Fuck off."
22. Disbelief "How the fuck did you do that?"
It can be used:
As an anatomical description- "His fucking asshole."
To tell time- "It's five fucking thirty."
In business- "How did I wind up with this fucking job?"
It can be maternal- "Motherfucker."
It can be political- "Fuck Dan Quayle!"
It has also been used by notable people throughout history:
"What the FUCK was that?" - Mayor of Hiroshima
"Where did all these fucking Indians come from?" - General Custer
"Where the fuck is all this water coming from?" - Captain of the
Titanic "That's not a real fucking gun." - John Lennon
"Who's gonna fucking find out?" - Richard Nixon
"Let the fucking woman drive." - Commander of Space Shuttle
"Challenger"
"Any fucking idiot could understand that." - Albert Einstein
"It does so fucking look like her!" - Picasso
"How the fuck did you work that out?" - Pythagoras
"You want what on the fucking ceiling?" - Michaelangelo
"Fuck a duck." - Walt Disney
"Why?- Because its fucking there!" - Edmund Hilary
"I don't suppose its gonna fucking rain?" - Joan of Arc
"Scattered fucking showers my ass." - Noah
"I need this parade like I need a fucking hole in my head." - John F.
Kennedy
"Fucking Horse!" - Christopher Reeve
EDITORIAL NOTE: We can thank the Saxon's for that wonderfully
descriptive and remarkably adaptable word. In 1362, Middle English
became the official language of the Court. This was an amalgam of Norman
French and Anglo-Saxon. Gradually the Saxon word "fuck" was replaced by
the Norman "fornicate". Both words have ancient roots: fuck is a Saxon
adaptation of the Middle Dutch word "fokken" which meant " To beat
against" (logical, eh?) Fornicate has it's origin in Latin , from
"fornix", a small vaulted-ceiling basement room which could be rented
for the night, and where prostitutes conducted business.
Anthony Burgess once discussed the word's marvelous properties in a
wonderful academic article. His work was predicated upon an experience
of hearing a british mechanic use the word, in one sentence, as five
different parts of speech. The sentence was: "Fuck, that fucking fucker
fucking fucked up again!" Truly language is marvelous thing.
