The Word Fuck
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 (John fucked Mary) and intransitive (Mary was fucked by
John).
- It can be an action verb (John
really gives a fuck), a passive verb (Mary really doesn't give a
fuck), an adverb (Mary is fucking interested in John), or as a noun
(Mary 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 (Mary is easy, fuck she'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...
Greetings "How the fuck are ya?"
Fraud "I got fucked by the
car dealer."
Resignation "Oh, fuck it!"
Trouble "I guess I'm fucked
now."
Aggression "FUCK YOU!"
Disgust "Fuck me."
Confusion "What the fuck.......?"
Difficulty "I don't understand
this fucking business!"
Despair "Fucked again..."
Pleasure "I fucking couldn't be
happier."
Displeasure "What the fuck is going
on here?"
Lost "Where the fuck are
we."
Disbelief "UNFUCKING BELIEVABLE!"
Retaliation "Up your fucking ass!"
Denial "I didn't fucking do
it."
Perplexity "I know fuck all about
it."
Apathy "Who really gives a
fuck, anyhow?"
Greetings "How the fuck are ya?"
Suspicion "Who the fuck are you?"
Panic "Let's get the fuck out
of here."
Directions "Fuck off."
Disbelief "How the fuck did you
do that?"
It can be used in an anatomical
description- "He's a fucking asshole."
It can be used to tell time- "It's
five fucking thirty."
It can be used in business- "How did
I wind up with this fucking job?"
It can be maternal- "Mother fucker."
It can be political- "Fuck Dan
Quayle!"
It has also been used by many notable people throughout history...
"What the fuck was that?"
- Mayor of Hiroshima
"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
"Heads are going to fucking roll."
- Anne Boleyn
"Let the fucking woman drive."
- Commander of Space Shuttle
"What fucking map?"
- "Challenger," Mark Thatcher
"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