The F-Word Again
I have read some hilarious write-ups about the various uses of this poor abused word. When you walk in the street or watch a movie, you hear it in almost every second sentence, but it is seldom used for its real purpose.
When you disregard the actual meaning of the word, you can usually replace it with more acceptable words, like bloody, blooming, frigging, damn, hell, spoiled, broken, or something similar.
But when does a word become bad? If I say I want a bloody steak, it may mean that literally or I may simply be using strong language. So, the word per se is not bad, but rather the way we use it. But then again, if I call somebody a stupid fool, it is merely an insult and I will still get away with strong language if I call him a bloody fool, but if I should dare to replace stupid or bloody with the overworked F-Word, it is deemed as vulgar, and yet, I said the same thing in each instance.
We have an Afrikaans version of the word as well. It sounds very much the same but it does not have the same meaning of the (real) F-Word. We have another word for that, which causes even more confusion at times.
In my sixty-three years, I have never heard the word ‘fok’ being used in the s*xual context. It just does not have that meaning. Yet, it is an undesirable word and we teach out children not to use it.
I wonder what is so magic about the s*xual act that people are so fond of replacing dead normal words like broken or spoiled with it. Why would people take a normal sentence like ‘Who the heck broke my confounded watch?’ and replace three words in it with the F-Word?
Don’t they know other words to use in the stead? I’m sure that with all the English ‘strong’ words available, we can give our favorite F-word a well-deserved break.
A wonderful weekend to all of you.
