Gaucho
Literotica Guru
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There's been so much of it going on lately (what with the "Who Wants to Fuck Siren and Xander" threads) that I thought some of us might be feeling a little left out. So this is my heartfelt "Fuck You" to everybody and everyone can now fuck me right back. You think?
Not really.
Actually, I was reading in the paper this morning about two recently released movies from Europe that had been branded with an "R" rating, not because they are full of violence, sex and/or nudity, but rather because they committed the unforgivable sin of using the "F" word more than one time. And this got me thinking about language (specifically the English language; the only one I'm reasonably fluent with) and what it is about this word that either makes our blood boil or gets our juices flowing.
The word itself seems to have been around forever and, as near as I can tell, is an orphan. Some will tell you that it derives from the German word "ficken". Others maintain that it has Anglo-Saxon roots. Another common theory is that it came about as an acronym from the phrase "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge". The fact is that no one can truly state the origin of the word but no one can deny its power. There is no more taboo word in the English language (the "Queen Mother" of dirty words, as Ralphie describes it so lovingly in "A Christmas Story") and it seems to have an equivalent in most other languages. When James Joyce used the word in "Ulysses" it took 12 years and a landmark court case before the book could legally be printed in the United States.
I know that when I was growing up in the late 60's and early 70's (in my family and among my friends, at least) you had to be very creative when discussing the sexual act that this word perfectly described. We weren't fucking, we were:
Getting Laid
Screwing
Getting a Piece of Ass
Banging
Seeing Someone
Sleeping with Someone
Going all the Way
And, worst of all: We were Doing IT (which said in plain language was that there was literally only one thing the human race was capable of doing)
Of course, there are many more expressions I could use (but that's another thread entirely, I think) and, believe it or not, I used to date a girl who wouldn't say "Fuck" - not even while she was fucking. Go figure.
So, I guess my question is, why does this word still make some people cringe (after so long a time and so much usage) and others salivate (and yes, I mean you, Siren)? Is it just a holdover from a more Puritanical time? What is it about the word "fuck" that enables it to maintain its status as the ultimate four-letter word?
Not really.
Actually, I was reading in the paper this morning about two recently released movies from Europe that had been branded with an "R" rating, not because they are full of violence, sex and/or nudity, but rather because they committed the unforgivable sin of using the "F" word more than one time. And this got me thinking about language (specifically the English language; the only one I'm reasonably fluent with) and what it is about this word that either makes our blood boil or gets our juices flowing.
The word itself seems to have been around forever and, as near as I can tell, is an orphan. Some will tell you that it derives from the German word "ficken". Others maintain that it has Anglo-Saxon roots. Another common theory is that it came about as an acronym from the phrase "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge". The fact is that no one can truly state the origin of the word but no one can deny its power. There is no more taboo word in the English language (the "Queen Mother" of dirty words, as Ralphie describes it so lovingly in "A Christmas Story") and it seems to have an equivalent in most other languages. When James Joyce used the word in "Ulysses" it took 12 years and a landmark court case before the book could legally be printed in the United States.
I know that when I was growing up in the late 60's and early 70's (in my family and among my friends, at least) you had to be very creative when discussing the sexual act that this word perfectly described. We weren't fucking, we were:
Getting Laid
Screwing
Getting a Piece of Ass
Banging
Seeing Someone
Sleeping with Someone
Going all the Way
And, worst of all: We were Doing IT (which said in plain language was that there was literally only one thing the human race was capable of doing)
Of course, there are many more expressions I could use (but that's another thread entirely, I think) and, believe it or not, I used to date a girl who wouldn't say "Fuck" - not even while she was fucking. Go figure.
So, I guess my question is, why does this word still make some people cringe (after so long a time and so much usage) and others salivate (and yes, I mean you, Siren)? Is it just a holdover from a more Puritanical time? What is it about the word "fuck" that enables it to maintain its status as the ultimate four-letter word?
