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[–] [email protected] 51 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Fuck

Perhaps one of the most interesting and colorful words in the English language today is the word "fuck".

It is a 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),

and adverb (Mary is fucking interested in John),

or as a noun (Mary is a terrific fuck).

It can also be used as 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 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......."Oh, fuck it!"

  4. Trouble............."I guess I'm fucked now."

  5. Aggression........."Fuck you!"

  6. Disgust................"Fuck me."

  7. Confusion............." What the fuck....?"

  8. Displeasure............"Fucking shit man..."

  9. Lost........................"Where the fuck are we?"

10.Disbelief..............."Unfuckingbelievable!"

11.Retaliation............."Up your fucking ass!"

  1. Apathy................."Who really gives a fuck?"

  2. Suspicion............."Who the fuck are you?"

  3. Directions.............."Fuck off."

It can be maternal........"Motherfucker!"

It can be used to tell time......."It's four fucking twenty!"

It can be used as an anatomical description............."He's a fucking asshole."

Lastly, it has been used by many notable people throughout history:

"What the fuck was that?" -Mayor of Hiroshima

"That's not a real fucking gun." -John Lennon

"Where the fuck is all this water coming from?" -Captain of the Titanic

"Who the fuck is gonna find out?" -Richard Nixon

"Heads are gonna fucking roll." -Anne Boleyn

"Any fucking idiot could answer that." -Albert Einstein

"It does so fucking look like her!" -Picasso

"You want what on the fucking ceiling?" -Michaelangelo

"Fuck a duck." -Walt Disney

"Houston, we have a big fucking problem." - The crew of Apollo 13

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago

This guy fucks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I wrote a paper in AP composition on the history of β€œFuck, shit, and piss” for an assignment. I had a very laid back teacher, and the only reason that I didn’t receive an β€œA” was because I used a couple of the words in context to close out the essay, β€œthat’s the end of this fucking shit.” lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Nice :)

I guarantee you that teacher still tells their side of the story

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is a lovely write-up! I have one nit to pick: I think "Mary was fucked by John" is a passive-voice use of the transitive verb. OTOH "This guy fucks." is unambiguously intransitive.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Also in "John really gives a fuck," and "Mary really doesn't give a fuck," fuck is a noun and the verb is give

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

I can hear this comment

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Spam and spam

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Fuck

I'm not kidding, I use it all the time.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Found Roy Kent’s account…

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Cunt. Especially said in the most southern london dialect one can have

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago

Blue. No yel… Aaahhhh

flies off of cliff

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

This is the answer I came to see lol

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago

I like the way "myth" looks

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Im not really sure what this means

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

✨ Bonk ✨

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Oida?

Oida!

Oida?!

Oida…

Oida.

Oida!!

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

Better question is what 4 letter words I can even remember. Let's see...

fuck, lock, cock, yiff, bear, fair, mare, fare, Mars, SARS, cars, arse, bars, tree, pine, mine, dime, fine, lime, blue, moon, soon, tone, moan, loan, lawn, down, fawn, leek, meme, joke, yolk, dick, lick, sick, tick, kick, ball, mall, fall, chip, ship, spin, meat, meet, porn, corn, horn, burn, role, play, star, trek, mono, long, song, dong, monk, duck, luck, suck, rack, deck, card, nano, pico, mini, cake, sake, lake, aqua, cyan, Arch, lore, vore, fart, dart, mart, sour, hour, four,...

There's probably a website for that, what am I doing. I'll go with ~~Mars~~ Arch.

Interesting how my brain picks the words.

Edit: Removed duplicate word

Edit 2: Remembered a better candidate

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

You forgot:

  • that
  • what
  • this
  • then
  • they
  • them
  • thus
  • y'all
  • y'ins
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago

I assume you're referring to the shorter version, NatC

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

Duck.

At least that's what my autocorrect believes is my favorite four letter word πŸ˜‚

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Poop.

I'm in my mid-30's and I still giggle like a child when I see it. I don't care how infantile it is, I like what I like.

Butt and Boobs also get honourable mentions.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

How 'bout tits? (o)(o)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Twat.

Don't hear this one nearly enough.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Yoke. An extremely versatile Irish word. Used to mean drugs, ecstacy tablets in particular (a bag of yokes). It has evolved over time to refer to pretty much anything.

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