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OAITW r.2.0

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13. It's just a fucking word.

Thu May 5, 2022, 10:58 PM

May 2022

And, if your kids hear the word early (I heard my dad say it driving in Maine in 1959. Almost crashed. He said the word "fuck" multiple times.) He always said that word. Growing up in 30's Brooklyn , the USN in WW2, at work - but never home. Until that time. No idea what it meant, but it meant something in that moment.

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DU Community: Do you think the word "fuck" on DU posts/subject line [View all] OAITW r.2.0 May 2022 OP

Sorry you caught me first time I think Tree Lady May 2022 #1

I don't think it has increased. Not from what I've noticed over the last 20 years. Solly Mack May 2022 #2

Ah, you caught me, my dear Solly Mack! That WAS a while ago. CaliforniaPeggy May 2022 #30

We were in shock. Solly Mack May 2022 #31

Indeed. My good friend WCGreen observed all of this. He knew me well, and was not shocked at all. ♥ CaliforniaPeggy May 2022 #32

I don't know about DU but in society as a whole the use of the word has gone up in a straight line. former9thward May 2022 #3

Ain't no prude, but daym, you nailed it! MyOwnPeace May 2022 #11

It's just a fucking word. OAITW r.2.0 May 2022 #13

It actually is used as a proxy for violence, it seems to me. summer_in_TX May 2022 #35

That could realy happen.......Fuck your shit up kinda of means something..... OAITW r.2.0 May 2022 #57

This nt XanaDUer2 May 2022 #14

I have ordered a big True Dough May 2022 #4

I'm sure it has, as it has everywhere. elleng May 2022 #5

Fuckin' A 867-5309. May 2022 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m May 2022 #7

Yes. FoxNewsSucks May 2022 #8

fuck if I know Kali May 2022 #9

Too late to worry about it. Grasswire2 May 2022 #10

I don't think I used it much before 1/6 bottomofthehill May 2022 #12

What does the phrase "fuck you" really mean? OAITW r.2.0 May 2022 #15

I always assumed it means "get raped". Nt Gaugamela May 2022 #18

It's become a generic insult. It doesn't really have a specific meaning. Crunchy Frog May 2022 #24

What does the phrase "Go fuck yourself" really mean? OAITW r.2.0 May 2022 #16

I always assumed it means "go somewhere else to masturbate". Nt. Gaugamela May 2022 #19

What does the phrase "fuck off" really mean? OAITW r.2.0 May 2022 #17

Same as #16 above. Nt. Gaugamela May 2022 #20

. Crunchy Frog May 2022 #27

I did not know the deep Biblical usage of "fuck off" till I saw this. OAITW r.2.0 May 2022 #29

I love that scene! smirkymonkey May 2022 #54

Bores me to tears. tavernier May 2022 #21

I've had a friend that used "fuck" as a noun/verb/adjective and (once, I think) as an adverb. OAITW r.2.0 May 2022 #25

I think it may be less now than when I started. Crunchy Frog May 2022 #22

The Colonel tavernier May 2022 #23

Where's the fucker in charge of these fucking fucks? Blue Owl May 2022 #26

Makes total sense, though, no? OAITW r.2.0 May 2022 #28

Like I asked my dad about 65 years ago, "Aren't you gonna say Gawd Damn, dad?" Hoyt May 2022 #33

Way, way back in the day. herding cats May 2022 #34

In fairness, the word "fuck" is kinda like the Swiss Army Knife of language..... OAITW r.2.0 May 2022 #37

Very true. herding cats May 2022 #39

Way 😎 questionseverything May 2022 #38

I should have said way fucking back in the day. herding cats May 2022 #41

So entertaining reading all the comments..poor Archae.. asiliveandbreathe May 2022 #36

Well, your life pretty much fucking sucks. Sorry. OAITW r.2.0 May 2022 #40

Ah, thank you..may I have another???? asiliveandbreathe May 2022 #42

Sometimes, you just don't know who the fuck you are talking to. OAITW r.2.0 May 2022 #43

I meant that sincerely..HUMOR..through all the effin' shit..HUMOR asiliveandbreathe May 2022 #45

You, like me, have just barely figured out that you never stop learning and are amazed about OAITW r.2.0 May 2022 #64

Likely matters where you are? Laura PourMeADrink May 2022 #44

Reddish Central Maine. OAITW r.2.0 May 2022 #47

Explains everything. I can't WAIT to get out of here. Laura PourMeADrink May 2022 #53

Very happy where I am. OAITW r.2.0 May 2022 #58

You too!!!! Seriously. I just know I don't want to be Laura PourMeADrink May 2022 #59

Maine.....the way life is supposed to be. OAITW r.2.0 May 2022 #60

You can hang at my place OAITW r.2.0 May 2022 #61

Dunno. But "fuck" may be heading toward "shit". Behind the Aegis May 2022 #46

"fuck" is becoming a word that is used in verbal communication OAITW r.2.0 May 2022 #48

True. The overuse of the word has diminished its once shocking veneer. Behind the Aegis May 2022 #51

The, F dash dash dash word Bayard May 2022 #49

"OH FUUUUUUUDGE!" But I didn't say "fudge". Behind the Aegis May 2022 #50

The " F " word intelpug May 2022 #52

Well, after all, the Scots have the best insults anywhere. vanlassie May 2022 #56

When Orrin Hatch died: Threads entitled: "Fuck You Orrin Hatch" LeftInTX May 2022 #55

Yes malaise May 2022 #62

I first heard the word when I joined the army in 1961. marie999 May 2022 #63