The Worrds "Shit" and "Fuck" - A Scholarly Treatise of their Uses and Etymoloty
November 16, 2015 at 9:25 am
A Brief Etymology
Urban legend has it that the word “shit” was a nautical acronym. Back in the day when manure was shipped low in the belly of wooden ships, moisture would get in and the process of fermentation would release methane gas. This is a highly flammable gas. All it took was some fool to go down there with a lantern or cigarette and blow the whole thing to smithereens. So to keep the manure dry, they would stamp it with the acronym S.H.I.T. (Ship High In Transit).
Thus the word “shit” came to be used for the end product of digestion. It is also used to describe nonsense, ex. “Don’t start that shit with me.”
Two urban legends claim to describe the etymology of the word “fuck.”
1. The word “fuck” owes its ontology to the Church. Then they used to hang people for engaging in sex outside of marriage, they would hang a sign over their bodies that read, “For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge.”
2. King Henry VIII engaged in royal pimpdom, would have the acronym F.U.C.K. tattooed on the necks of his girls. It stood for “Fornication Under Consent of the King.” When men saw that, they knew they had to pay the king.
Fuck is used in many ways.
1. An act of pure animal lust. Ex. Clinton: We didn’t have sex. We just fucked.
2. As a curse: ex. Fuck you.
3. A disdainful person. Ex. Fucking cops
4. A sorry state of affairs. Ex. This is really fucked up.
5. For emphasis. Ex. Get the fuck out of my face.
6. For comedy. A comedian doesn’t even have to be funny. All he has to do is get up on stage and say “Fuck” and the audience will be rolling.
My own personal relationship with the words shit and fuck began when I joined AF. Before AF, I was of the opinion that people used these words to hide a limited vocabulary. My boy Minimalist disabused me of this misconception. When I first came to AF Min cussed me out royally. I started to dismiss him as unintelligent but found that I could not. The man proved to be a genius. His posts impressed me and I began to appreciate him and he me. Soon I began to use the word and relished in the freedom of saying it and not giving a fuck. It’s a lovely word. But I felt it wasn’t strong enough to depict the disdain we felt for really stupid people. The honorable Cato agreed.
http://rhondadenisejohnson.com/Jam.mp3
Urban legend has it that the word “shit” was a nautical acronym. Back in the day when manure was shipped low in the belly of wooden ships, moisture would get in and the process of fermentation would release methane gas. This is a highly flammable gas. All it took was some fool to go down there with a lantern or cigarette and blow the whole thing to smithereens. So to keep the manure dry, they would stamp it with the acronym S.H.I.T. (Ship High In Transit).
Thus the word “shit” came to be used for the end product of digestion. It is also used to describe nonsense, ex. “Don’t start that shit with me.”
Two urban legends claim to describe the etymology of the word “fuck.”
1. The word “fuck” owes its ontology to the Church. Then they used to hang people for engaging in sex outside of marriage, they would hang a sign over their bodies that read, “For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge.”
2. King Henry VIII engaged in royal pimpdom, would have the acronym F.U.C.K. tattooed on the necks of his girls. It stood for “Fornication Under Consent of the King.” When men saw that, they knew they had to pay the king.
Fuck is used in many ways.
1. An act of pure animal lust. Ex. Clinton: We didn’t have sex. We just fucked.
2. As a curse: ex. Fuck you.
3. A disdainful person. Ex. Fucking cops
4. A sorry state of affairs. Ex. This is really fucked up.
5. For emphasis. Ex. Get the fuck out of my face.
6. For comedy. A comedian doesn’t even have to be funny. All he has to do is get up on stage and say “Fuck” and the audience will be rolling.
My own personal relationship with the words shit and fuck began when I joined AF. Before AF, I was of the opinion that people used these words to hide a limited vocabulary. My boy Minimalist disabused me of this misconception. When I first came to AF Min cussed me out royally. I started to dismiss him as unintelligent but found that I could not. The man proved to be a genius. His posts impressed me and I began to appreciate him and he me. Soon I began to use the word and relished in the freedom of saying it and not giving a fuck. It’s a lovely word. But I felt it wasn’t strong enough to depict the disdain we felt for really stupid people. The honorable Cato agreed.
http://rhondadenisejohnson.com/Jam.mp3
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
