Who was the first person to say the f word?

Answer 1

Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H"

Answer 2

The word "f***" has been around for hundreds of years it isn't known who first used it. First used to merely describe the act of sexual intercourse it has slowly changed to be a swearword to now often just used to punctuate a sentence. The use of f***(ing) as an adjective is probably more modern. The word has become so common that it has now lost it's shock value (that doesn't mean that i would say it in front of my Mother) Now it seems the only remaining swear word with shock value is the c word. I would actually spell out the word as you should when discussing the word (as opposed to swearing at someone) but it won't get past the wiki answer censors.

Answer 3

The "f word" was bowdlerized as "fug" in Norman Mailer's 1948 novel "The Naked and the Dead", but not in J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" (1951). Obscenity charges were placed against comedian Lenny Bruce (1925-1966) over its use in his act, and the word is still censored from TV and motion pictures where the audience may include minor children.

Answer 4

It was first recorded in a dictionary in 1598 (John Florio's "A Worlde of Wordes", London: Arnold Hatfield for Edw. Blount). It is remotely derived from the Latin "futuere" and Old German "ficken" meaning 'to strike or penetrate', which had a slang meaning of 'to copulate'.

Answer 5

"Ulysses" and "I'll Never Forget What's 'isname" both came out in 1967, although the former came out a few months prior. Also, In "Sink the Bismarck," someone clearly mouths the word with the suffix -ing added. Also, in 1933, Bosko says it in the cartoon "Bosko's Picture Show."

Answer 6

Lenny Bruce