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Funny and educational, too
Very witty, very good.
I read somewhere many years ago that "fuck" was originally an Olde English word meaning "to plant." The proper usage would have been e.g. "to fuck a seed into the ground." This evolved into using the word to describe men planting their own seed, not into the ground.
Don't remember where I read it.
Aren't words sexy!!
A very interesting amusing and informative article. Thank you for the diligence of your research and humuorous way with which you imparted your knowledge. Its good to read an intelligent and thoughtful article in literotica.
PS Now you've made ME horny! Thank you.
LMAO
Quite amusing AND educational. I have always enjoyed semantics, but never experienced quite the equal of this piece. Bravo!
Wow
Amazing work! Just fantastic. I have the hardest time writing erotica that is for the 'common man'. -smiling- I just can't do it! Pussy, gaping maw, ... they just won't work for me. -laughing- This is almost a tribute to my difficulty with the crass and barbaric. Beautiful!
Good stuff
Like you, I am fascinated by words and their derivations. As a fellow Brit, I'm disappointed with your preference for 'ass' over 'arse', and I much prefer 'knickers' to 'panties' - which, like 'ass' and 'pussy', seems a wimpish word to my [male] ear. However, I wasn't aware of the provenance of 'knickers', imagining it the other way round - that Diedrich Knickerbocker was an invented name echoing the character's choice of clothing. So thank you for that.
Wasn't 'fuck' used a few times in 'Lady Chatterley's Lover', somewhat earlier than 'From Here To Eternity'? If it had been printed when Lawrence wrote it, instead of waiting for Penguin to take a chance, it would have won the race by many years.
Anyway, keep up the good work, and thanks for a lot of fun and pleasure.
Fun but Accurate?
"there were laws in the US and the UK banning its use in publication."
Name one!
" it was only with James Jones's 'From Here to Eternity' in 1950 that 'fuck' found its way into print"
Tell that to Chaucer!
Quack historiocal linguistics!
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To 'anonymous in china' Fuck was specifically banned from print by the Obscene Publications Act 1857 (UK) and the Comstock Act 1873 (US). Chaucer and others used variants, such as fuccant and fukkit, and as I said, a thousand years ago the word was not so shocking.
Norman Mailer and Hemingway used words like 'fug' and 'muck' to convey the idea.
I did do my research and would have liked to correspond with you.
Brava!
I wish I could give this a "6" on the 1 to 5 scale. Fun and feisty.
Smashing!
Over here, schoolboys (of all ages) still get the horn - rather than a hard-on. I've heard girl's say it too. BTW, reinforcing an earlier comment. I understood that "fuck" had a common root in Anglo Saxon with "furrow"; thus "ploughing rather" than "planting". My dictionary says otherwise but I want to believe it. Plough me!
Five stars
Sent originally (in error) as anonymous feedback - the piece deserves to be puiblicly lauded, so here's the text of my anonymous feedback:-
Very nice, amusing, entertaining, and enlightening! I too enjoy word-play, like Spoonerisms (maybe not Spoonerisms, but something close - letter-swaps/sweater-lops, anyway) - such as fire truck/try a fuck.
I thought you may be interested to know I came across the term "cunt-splice" (I'm pretty sure that was the term), in one of the splendid novels of Patrick O'Brian (the Aubrey-Maturin series on the naval portion of the Napoleonic wars) - something to do with a particular thing seamen do with ropes, or so it appeared from the context. O'Brian has a reputation for historical accuracy, so the term may well be legitimate.
Thanks again for a most enjoyable essay.
Marvelous!
NOw all of the neighborhood kids can get rid of their Collins or American Heritage and just pick up their copy of Odalisque! Great research -- and a good read. A well-deserved prize-winner.
well researched
I loved it, my only complaint is the lack of origing for "cum" I remember hearing is a high school religion class that it comes from a greek word through multiple translations. I'll see what I can find.
Fantastic!
An absolutely fantastic article; enjoyable, informative and inspiring! And I agree, "cunt" over "sword-sheath" any day; women shouldn't be defined in terms of useful objects for male weaponry!
in addition
As a child of immigrants, I understand that the root of "fuck" is still in common usage in the Netherlands and elsewhere. A "fokker" is one who breeds animals, for specific traits, etc. It is pronounced with a short 'o' somewhere between the NA "pop" and "up".
Much of the etymology was well researched, and what's more important, well delivered. Thank you.
An absolute delight
We couldn't ask for a better tour guide down the long road of euphemistic evolution!
Chinese version for your reference
We use "Cao!" to express the "Fuck"!
"Cao Ni Ma" means "fuck your mother".
Or in Guangdong and Guangxi, the southern part of China, the local people say "Diu(sounds like "Deal") to mean "fuck".
Fab
You have invented a new university course: Hot Etymology. Sign me up for seminars!
No less than brilliant
Loved it! Euphemisms rule!
Interesting and well written.
Story writers should take time to research this essay. Interesting look at the meaning of words.
Absolutely
Brilliant and interesting. Maybe a little too clever for your average reader. I suspect you are extra-intelligent in ways I could not explain to anyone that is not. Dont give up. 'They do not know what they are doing' to paraphrase a certain biblical character, on the verge of being murdered. Keep in touch. And dont spare the genius.
Yep...
A thousand monkeys...
Sheer joy.
Again I lament that this system only allows 5*
Just to get slightly off the subject I had a raging (?) argument with a very ostentatious young man when I claimed to be much more 'gay' than him as I was laughing.
So enjoyable!
I love words, and it's always fun to know where they came from. This was an informative and enjoyable read.
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