# WHO said the f-word? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 1, 2000, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-the-f-word/5790 "2000-01-01T20:50:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lawrence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Lawrence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lawrence)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-the-f-word/5790/21 "2000-01-04T01:48:00Z")
And if Lennon had meant what you say in those songs, he would have said so if asked about it, I think. He publicly admtted some silly shit the Beatles did, like the “tit-tit-tit” background vocal on “Girl”. I’m sure that if John Lennon had used the chorus line “Smoke pot, smoke pot, everybody smoke pot”, he’d have said so. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-the-f-word/5790/22 "2000-01-04T02:31:00Z")
Lets go way back with this one… Anyone remember “Dirty Water”? _I love that dirty water…down with the lovers, fuckers and thieves…_ * * * If you can’t convince them, confuse them. Harry S. Truman ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-the-f-word/5790/23 "2000-01-04T02:39:00Z")
The one that stands out to me was Midnight Rendezvous by the Babies in about 1980. It trailed off at the end with: A midnight rendezvous Yeah All I really wanna do Oh I really wanna fuck you Oh Midnight rendezvous DJs seemed to turn the volume down as it played out, but if they left it up till the end, it was very clear. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-the-f-word/5790/24 "2000-01-04T03:42:00Z")
I recall once when a local AM station played the “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die Rag” by Country Joe and the Fish at Woodstock. They forgot to bleep the part where he says, “There’s 300,000 of you fuckers out there.” It brought a big smile to my face, especially when the DJ came back on and apologized profusely. ---
**Author:** ![Imthecowgodmoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Imthecowgodmoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imthecowgodmoo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-the-f-word/5790/25 "2000-01-04T04:16:00Z")
am I mistaken or was fuck originally an acronym? now which one was it… **f** ornication **u** nder **c** onsent of the **k** ing or maybe **f** or **u** nlawful **c** arnal **k** nowledge * * * “People must think it must be fun to be a super genuis, But they don’t realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.” – Calvin and Hobbes (\_\_) _/_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-the-f-word/5790/26 "2000-01-04T08:20:00Z")
Just checked Dirty Water: the line was, “That’s where you’ll find me, along with lovers, muggers and thieves.” I remember the Babies tune. Also, at the end of the Aerosmith’s Live Bootleg version of Train Kept A Rollin’, Steven Tyler tells the crowd, “Thank you, you’re fucking beautiful.” That was occaionally heard on the radio, but it was usually clipped. Closer, by Nine Inch Nails, features the line, “I wanna fuck you like an animal.” Every time I hear that tune on the radio, “fuck” is edited out. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-the-f-word/5790/27 "2000-01-04T14:57:00Z")
You’re mistaken, cowgod. Terribly, terribly mistaken. “Fuck” comes from a Germanic word meaning “to hit or strike.” Here’s a tip: If anyone tells you that a word that’s been around for a long, long time is an acronym for anything, they are almost assuredly incorrect. Acronyms are a fairly recent linguistic innovation, as they assume a fairly well-educated and literate populace. * * * “It’s my considered opinion you’re all a bunch of sissies!”–Paul’s Grandfather ---
**Author:** ![Imthecowgodmoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Imthecowgodmoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imthecowgodmoo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-the-f-word/5790/28 "2000-01-04T21:39:00Z")
I knew I was wrong, I just wanted to be sure, yeah, that’s the ticket ## :::mumbling under breath::: _where the heck did I come up with fornication under consent of the king?_ “People must think it must be fun to be a super genuis, But they don’t realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.” – Calvin and Hobbes (\_\_) _/_ ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-the-f-word/5790/29 "2000-01-04T22:14:00Z")
Cowgod- you probably just remembered the wrong thing from the Cecil column. [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_268b.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_268b.html) BTW- just as another ‘thing they don’t delete’, I’ve never heard any DJ play Pink Floyd’s “Money” without hearing- uncensored- the “goody-good bullshit.” * * * JMCJ “John C., it looks like you have blended in very nicely.” -UncleBeer ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-the-f-word/5790/30 "2000-01-04T22:42:00Z")
My favorite never-censored “fuck” on the radio is in Pink Floyd’s “Not Now John” Aside from the verse that says it, the chorus of female voices says “fuck all that! fuck all that” in the background. * * * – Teeming Millions: [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) “Meat flaps, yellow!” - DrainBead, naked co-ed Twister chat O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![KeithM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@KeithM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithM)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2000, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-the-f-word/5790/31 "2000-01-05T02:06:00Z")
Actually, Opal, I have heard that censored on the radio. But it’s been so long ago, for the life of me, I can’t remember what they said. “STUFF all that” (?) ---
**Author:** ![SavageNarce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@SavageNarce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SavageNarce)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2000, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-the-f-word/5790/32 "2000-01-05T16:18:00Z")
Some of the stuff on this thread brings to mind an experiment I once heard on CBC Radio. They recorded a phrase (something innocuous like “you are listening to CBC Radio”) and then played it backward, asking people what they heard. Most people heard nothing recognizable. Then they ASKED people if the heard the phrase; “Sock a girl with a weasel in her mouth”, and ALL interviewees said that they could recognize that phrase! The upshot? If you listen hard enough, you can pretty much hear whatever you want. 🙂 * * * If a way to do a job wrong exists, someone someday will do it that way. - Capt. Edward Aloysius Murphy Jr. (yes, THAT Murphy) Developmental Engineer, Edwards AFB, 1941 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-said-the-f-word/5790.md?page=1)