I wonder whether the German term "fuckerey," apparently first used in the early 16th century in reference to Jakob Fugger's extreme profiteering and allegedly resultant mass impoverishment (e.g in Tyrol), might be an explanatory addendum or merely is coincidental? Earlier uses are possible, especially since the Fugger family's latinzed version is "Fucker" (e.g., Fucker advenit dedit XLIII denarios dignus - Tax Code, Augsburg, 1367) and given their Europe-wide reach beginning in the mid to late 14th century (Source: Damals, 7, July 2004, pp. 15-23 and pp. 25-29)
The phrase "Fuck Trudeau" has become a common phrase associated with the political right in Canada, with the phrase often being plastered on flags (with the U censored by a maple leaf). The slogan was prominently displayed during the Canada Convoy Protest. 2607:FEA8:8482:6F00:50E0:CF8:2AA5:D0C6 (talk) 03:43, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
Please change this line for children looking this up my 5 year old child looked it up and then asked me what sex was yours sincerely bum bum Markiplierbumbum (talk) 14:13, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
Opening line of article is "Fuck is an obscene English-language word." This is a claim without citing any support. (It is a profane word, but whether it is obsceneis a matter of opinion.) The term "obscene" is famously difficult to establish (c.f. the debates about whether pornography is obscene back in pre-internet days.) The fact that a very high percentage of English speakers use this word at some point in their lives is I think good grounds to claim that it is not obscene, except for maybe in conserative Christian circles. I would like to change it to "profane." Let's hear the objections. And if there is no at least pseudo-data-based evidence for the notion of "prevailing" in the definition of "obscene" then I think the evidence is weak for this claim. For just about any term or notion there will be some small fraction of people who will find it offensive. But that is not sufficient to attribute "offensive" in those cases.Here we need evidence that it is the prevailing feeling aboutfuck.
Also there's this: "Fuck is considered offensive and vulgar." Same problem, obviously. Is there a survey supporting this claim? Is there a reason not to say "Some consider Fuck offensive and vulgar"? I don't like the unsupported claims on this article. (Note there are similar problems with WP's "definition" of "profanity.") Chafe66 (talk) 07:11, 17 September 2022 (UTC)