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Bookmark or Share- Where Did the F-Word Come From? - Today I Found OutIn its various incarnations, the F-word can be a noun, verb, adjective, and even an infix. The Swiss Army Knife of the English language, this word has been adding spice to our conversations for centuries, even if our forbears were loathe to write it down. So where did it come from?
- Etymology of the F-Word? - Snopes.comThough a few common English words have grown out of acronyms (words created by taking the first letter (s) of major words in a phrase), "fuck" isn't one of them. With precious few exceptions,...
- What's The Origin Of The F-word? - Dictionary.comThe F-word was recorded in a dictionary in 1598 (John Florio’s A Worlde of Wordes, London: Arnold Hatfield for Edw. Blount). It is remotely derived from the Latin futuere and Old German ficken/fucken meaning ‘to strike or penetrate’, which had the slang meaning to copulate .
- The f-word Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of THE F-WORD is —used as a way to refer to the offensive word 'fuck' without saying it or writing it. How to use the f-word in a sentence.
- F word - WikipediaF Word or The F Word may refer to: Any of several words that begins with the letter "f", often used as a euphemism where they may be considered controversial, particularly; "fuck" and "faggot".
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