# Where does the term "Fucko off" come from? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 13, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-term-fucko-off-come-from/168360 "2003-04-13T00:45:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-term-fucko-off-come-from/168360/1 "2003-04-13T00:45:20Z")
I’ve heard this in some posts, where does Fucko off come from? Fucko sounds like the name of a dirty clown. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-term-fucko-off-come-from/168360/2 "2003-04-13T00:58:07Z")
Unless I miss my guess it belongs to an old friend of ours named ‘Wildest Bill’. Bill was…interesting. He was either a troll or some weird version of crazed. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-term-fucko-off-come-from/168360/3 "2003-04-13T00:58:14Z")
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe that some former troll wrote this as a typo for “fuck off”. Same story for “Gotcha ya,” which was from WildestBill. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-term-fucko-off-come-from/168360/4 "2003-04-13T01:15:44Z")
The **u** nctuous troll r **e** sponsible for that crac **k** was one of **t** he worst I’v **e** ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![alibey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@alibey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alibey)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-term-fucko-off-come-from/168360/5 "2003-04-13T01:36:19Z")
from the same place as “bullshittie da”? ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-term-fucko-off-come-from/168360/6 "2003-04-13T01:39:18Z")
Sounds Australian to me: “The little buggah nipped right inta me, like I was his tuckah! Fucko off!” Or something along those lines… ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-term-fucko-off-come-from/168360/7 "2003-04-13T02:39:18Z")
I do believe the origin of the phrase can be found in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=120051&highlight=fucko). Happy reading. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-term-fucko-off-come-from/168360/8 "2003-04-13T03:37:24Z")
Thank you, zut. I missed that the first time around. What a piece of work. ---
**Author:** ![Thaumaturge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@Thaumaturge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thaumaturge)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-term-fucko-off-come-from/168360/9 "2003-04-13T06:59:36Z")
Somehow, that word being highlighted in red makes it even funnier. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-term-fucko-off-come-from/168360/10 "2003-04-13T16:07:20Z")
Which, honest to God, was why I left the “&highlight=fucko” intact in the URL. ---
**Author:** ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-term-fucko-off-come-from/168360/11 "2003-04-13T16:13:20Z")
LMAO! Just read the “Fucko off” post… Asshat…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-term-fucko-off-come-from/168360/12 "2003-04-13T16:19:54Z")
OK so where’s the original “gotcha ya” thread? I have to admit, this has mystified me for a very long time. ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-term-fucko-off-come-from/168360/13 "2003-04-13T16:36:54Z")
Gotcha ya came from the thread [I Am Going To Blow People Mind’s At My Funeral](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=80870) (thanks to **Green Bean** in the [Funniest posts thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=173690)) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-term-fucko-off-come-from/168360/14 "2003-04-13T16:43:03Z")
Thanks **TTT**. So “ya” was a typo? Did he mean to type “y’all” or something? ---
**Author:** ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-term-fucko-off-come-from/168360/15 "2003-04-13T16:44:10Z")
Lol, gotcha ya! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-term-fucko-off-come-from/168360/16 "2003-04-13T16:47:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*Thanks **TTT**. So “ya” was a typo? Did he mean to type “y’all” or something? \*\* I’m guessing that he was trying to decide between typing “gotcha” and “got ya,” and accitdentally typed “gotcha ya.” ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-term-fucko-off-come-from/168360/17 "2003-04-13T17:52:55Z")
Anyone remember “shoehorn butterhorse”? ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-term-fucko-off-come-from/168360/18 "2003-04-13T19:18:51Z")
_I_ do, **Already**. A beautiful piece of prose that was. ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-term-fucko-off-come-from/168360/19 "2003-04-13T20:18:09Z")
Why do people like **Uekte** and **Wildest Bill** get banned, when they are a source of such undeniable humor? …what? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-term-fucko-off-come-from/168360/20 "2003-04-14T14:40:42Z")
Well, the Uekte Incident was before my time at the SDMB, more’s the pity. But I was wondering if anyone ever found out who he/she/it really was. It seems to me vanishingly unlikely that anyone so sputteringly vituperative is going to choose a Norweigan term meaning “false, bastard, insincere” as a username instead of something more along the lines of “Metalthrash” or “OldiesmustDIE.” Also, the meaning “false” seems to hint that this person was perhaps already an established presence on the boards. Is there any more to this story? Just curious. By the by, I envision “Fucko off!” as being most effectively delivered in conjunction with an overly vigorous bird-flipping, almost as though trying to flick a booger off one’s middle finger. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-term-fucko-off-come-from/168360.md?page=2)