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The etymology of the f word is difficult to trace because it was too taboo to be entered in the Oxford English Dictionary in the late 1800s. The f word appeared in writing in England as early as 1535.

But it was spoken in various forms long before that. One theory traces the word back to a Norwegian word fukka meaning "copulate." In Swedish focka means to "copulate, strike, push," and fock means "penis." Another theory traces it to middle English words fyke, fike meaning "move restlessly, fidget."

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