First Known Use Of The F Word

Posted by | September 13, 2015 16:00 | Filed under: Planet Pot Luck

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It happened in medieval England almost a thousand years ago.

Paul Booth, an English history researcher at Keele University in the United Kingdom found the earliest known use of the word in medieval court documents, according to Medievalists.net.

The word was used as a likely nickname for someone called “Roger F*ckebythenavele.” Booth does not believe it to be the man’s real surname, but believes it was a derogatory nickname. The name appears in court rolls beginning in December 1310.

“I suggest it could either mean an actual attempt at copulation by an inexperienced youth, later reported by a rejected girlfriend, or an equivalent of the word ‘dimwit, ‘ i.e. a man who might think that that was the correct way to go about it,” Booth said, according to the site.

The F word is of Germanic origin and has related words in Dutch, German and Swedish.

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7 responses to First Known Use Of The F Word

  1. rg9rts September 13th, 2015 at 16:11

    Now I can rest in peace tonight with useless bit of trivia forever buried in my brain..

    • whatthe46 September 13th, 2015 at 16:32

      laughing so hard.

    • Roctuna September 13th, 2015 at 17:41

      Curious minds want to know

  2. Tommie September 13th, 2015 at 16:13

    And now this word is used by billions! Thanks England, hahaha!

    • rg9rts September 13th, 2015 at 16:14

      And then they have sex

  3. spacegod September 13th, 2015 at 18:49

    Hmm. I’ve never tried the bellybutton.

  4. fahvel September 14th, 2015 at 04:29

    then is trump a fucking dimwit?

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