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Fuck
Perhaps one of the most interesting and colorful words in the English language today is the word βfuckβ.
It is a magical word which, just by its sound can describe pain, pleasure, love, and hate. In language, βfuckβ 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 doesnβt 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! Iβm late for my date with Mary).
It can even be used as a conjunction (Mary is easy, fuck sheβs 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:
Greetingsβ¦βHow the fuck are ya?β
Fraudβ¦βI got fucked by the car dealer.β
Resignationβ¦βOh, fuck it!β
Troubleβ¦βI guess Iβm fucked now.β
Aggressionβ¦βFuck you!β
Disgustβ¦βFuck me.β
Confusionβ¦" What the fuckβ¦?"
Displeasureβ¦βFucking shit manβ¦β
Lostβ¦βWhere the fuck are we?β
10.Disbeliefβ¦βUnfuckingbelievable!β
11.Retaliationβ¦βUp your fucking ass!β
Apathyβ¦βWho really gives a fuck?β
Suspicionβ¦βWho the fuck are you?β
Directionsβ¦βFuck off.β
It can be maternalβ¦βMotherfucker!β
It can be used to tell timeβ¦βItβs four fucking twenty!β
It can be used as an anatomical descriptionβ¦βHeβs a fucking asshole.β
Lastly, it has been used by many notable people throughout history:
βWhat the fuck was that?β -Mayor of Hiroshima
βThatβs not a real fucking gun.β -John Lennon
βWhere the fuck is all this water coming from?β -Captain of the Titanic
βWho the fuck is gonna find out?β -Richard Nixon
βHeads are gonna fucking roll.β -Anne Boleyn
βAny fucking idiot could answer that.β -Albert Einstein
βIt does so fucking look like her!β -Picasso
βYou want what on the fucking ceiling?β -Michaelangelo
βFuck a duck.β -Walt Disney
βHouston, we have a big fucking problem.β - The crew of Apollo 13
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This guy fucks.
This is a lovely write-up! I have one nit to pick: I think βMary was fucked by Johnβ is a passive-voice use of the transitive verb. OTOH βThis guy fucks.β is unambiguously intransitive.
Also in βJohn really gives a fuck,β and βMary really doesnβt give a fuck,β fuck is a noun and the verb is give
I can hear this comment
I wrote a paper in AP composition on the history of βFuck, shit, and pissβ for an assignment. I had a very laid back teacher, and the only reason that I didnβt receive an βAβ was because I used a couple of the words in context to close out the essay, βthatβs the end of this fucking shit.β lol
Nice :)
I guarantee you that teacher still tells their side of the story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HY-2mMcq9Y
Wish I knew where to watch this documentary. I remember it being a fun watch
Fuck
Iβm not kidding, I use it all the time.
Fuck yeah
Found Roy Kentβs accountβ¦
Itβs a great word. It can be almost any part of speech/grammar!
Cunt
Cunt of a day
Blue. No yel⦠Aaahhhh
flies off of cliff
Love
Live
Leave
Levee
friend
This is the answer I came to see lol
That has 6 by my count
Fren
iend
sigh
End is the only part of the word, that I heard.
I like the way βmythβ looks
Yeet
Im not really sure what this means
I once heard someone define it as βThe opposite of yoinkβ.
Throw, toss, kick, punt, or otherwise launch something, usually to humorous effect
YEET flips table over
Im not really sure what this means
fuck
Better question is what 4 letter words I can even remember. Letβs seeβ¦
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,β¦
Thereβs probably a website for that, what am I doing. Iβll go with
MarsArch.Interesting how my brain picks the words.
Edit: Removed duplicate word
Edit 2: Remembered a better candidate
yiff owo
βBrianββ¦?
Typo/autocorrect for βbranβ?
Fuck!
You forgot:
Mars - π
what
Republican
I assume youβre referring to the shorter version, NatC
meow
Poop.
Iβm in my mid-30βs and I still giggle like a child when I see it. I donβt care how infantile it is, I like what I like.
Butt and Boobs also get honourable mentions.
Poop is funny.
How 'bout tits? (o)(o)
Duck.
At least thatβs what my autocorrect believes is my favorite four letter word π