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Sunday, February 27, 2005

Fuck.

I love 'fuck'. I do. The word, you pervert.

'Fuck' is perhaps one of the most interesting and colourful words in the English language. To illustrate; it is the only word which can describe pain, pleasure, hate, and love.

'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 active verb (John really gives a fuck) or a passive verb (Mary really doesn’t give a fuck), an adverb (Mary is fucking interested in John), and a noun (Mary is a fine fuck), or even as an adjective (Mary is fucking beautiful). It should be obvious now that there are not many words in the English language with the versatility of the word 'fuck'.

Some examples of states of mind expressed with this marvel of the English language:
  • Anger: "Fuck it."
  • Confusion: "What the fuck is going on?"
  • Religious: "Holy fuck!"
  • Rebellion: "Fuck off."
  • Amazement: "Well, fuck."
  • Frustration: "Fuck."
Some practical, everyday examples:
  • Descriptive anatomy: "He’s a fucking asshole."
  • Telling time: "It’s fucking 5:30."
  • While cooking: "Vegetables, no fucking way!"
  • While conversing with the police: "What fucking pedestrian?"
Some famous examples:
  • Mayor of Hiroshima: "What the fuck was that?"
  • Christopher Columbus: "Where the fuck are we?"
  • Noah: "Scattered showers, my fucking arse!"
Final interesting tidbit about the word 'fuck':
  • The film Tigerland, starring Colin Farrel, is officially the film with the most extensive use of the word 'fuck'. Over a course of a 100 minutes 'fuck' is said 527 times, which comes down to the word 'fuck' being said 5.27 times every single minute. It even beat Southpark; Bigger, Longer and Uncut, which had a runtime/fuck-ratio of 4.92 'fucks' a minute.
Cheers

12 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I've seen Tigerland, too. It was really bad to say the very least.

Fuck creeps into my everyday conversation all too often, and it's really bad. I've almost said it to my supervisors a few times.

3:32 am  
Blogger Martin said...

I think we're almost at that point where 'fuck' will simply no longer have any impact. Much like 'shit', which must've been a shocking phrase at some point in time.

Us humans, we can even drain the fun out of cussing.

By the way, I've seen Tigerland, and it's one of the best war-flicks I've ever seen.

Cheers

4:38 am  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh man, I hated it! Full Metal Jacket all the way! WOOT

6:52 am  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I guess there aren't many pauses in Tigerland then... A bloody torrent of words, probably. I hate it when they get chatty.

(Thanks for pointing out the "other" option, Brynn. I'm stupid.)

12:03 pm  
Blogger Martin said...

Yup, Full Metal Jacket rocks.

Cheers

12:34 pm  
Blogger Martin said...

CUNT is the new fuck ;-)

Best Wishes
Luna

11:16 pm  
Blogger Pep said...

We Scots use the word Fuck more than any other word.
It's embedded in our DNA.

:)

11:36 pm  
Blogger nique said...

i've not seen tigerland but i LOVED full metal jacket! the best one liners in a movie ever!!! hilarious!

i say fuck so much that "creeps into daily conversation" doesn't apply to me. i will say fuck to my boss, my peers, the world.

i can't help it!!!!! i'm addicted!

8:14 pm  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Whaaat!!!!How dare you slander my name!John and I did nothing of the sort!What else has this John person been telling you?!!!
:D
(Although funnily enough I don't object to the fucking beautiful part!)
-M(ary)

8:48 pm  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I've never read anything like this about the word "fuck" from anywhere before. Honestly, I've hardly ever said the word! But your analysis of the word "fuck" got me interested. Profanity is really common everywhere now!

1:08 am  
Blogger Martin said...

John has been telling me everything, Mary. I know stuff even you don't.

Cheers

2:14 am  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh fuck!
-M(ary)

3:05 pm  

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