Where Did the F-Word Come From?
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In the video today, we're looking at the rather interesting origin of the f-word and how this Swiss army knife of the English language came to be.
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Today I Found Out hi there!
Here before this comment blows up.
Xeno Best X I think this will hit 1 million views today ?
@@xenobestx8423 my gf said the same thing to me
Today I Found Out thank you guys!!
It was fantastic watching Simon struggle with being professional during this entire video.
And yet he pulled it off.
You should watch him on Business Blaze - he doesn't give a fuck.
@@PGar58 Not in public I hope.
@@colinp2238fuckin' well played, good Sir😂😂
True fans know the Nicolas Cage one lmao.
Simon losing his professionalism is the most adorable thing ever.
Armando Gonzalez I was not prepared to see that side of Simon, holy shit!
@@RikkiJVelez So much cocaine
@@RikkiJVelez Welcome to the cult lol
He has professionalism?!...I think I may be watching business blaze too much.
@@nullshock3381 Yeah I’ve since started watching him on Business Blaze and saw a whole different side of him that I really liked. I still think he’s adorable.
Simon talking about and using the word with a straight face and intellectually exploring its origins is in itself, hilarious.
though it was clearly hard to keep a straight face
but was it f ing hilarious
With a British accent yet! 🎉😂
Watching Simon struggle to keep it together is almost as good as "Biggus Dickus"
When I was a small child in the late 60's, we looked up 'fart' in the dictionary. It read: "An explosion between the legs."
Yes I did the same and thats the definition I remember
Haha
I remember it as "a slight explosion between the legs".
Honestly though. Sometimes it really feels like that
Crazy times
There's someting weirdly appealing about listening to someone who speaks so eloquently drop the 'F' word. And I love it when Simon loses it. 😃😄😆😂🤣😅
HAHAHAHA
Amen when a proper Englishman losses his shit🤣
Damn how you doing tho... Just saw your profile pic lol Kim mmm. Sorry if I didn't someone worse would've...
Kimm 65 yeah HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Yes you're right. It's cause we don't expect it from Simon as much as some others.
One of my sons enshrined my multilingual vocabulary of obscenities in a school paper. I distinctly remember him using the phrases, "turn the air blue" and "ran out of breath before running out of variations".
Note: I came by it honestly, having been a Red Cross First Aid Instructor, a Diesel mechanic/welder/fabricator (in my Dad's shop, where I learned "whore-raper" "whorebaby" and "morphidite"), an Infantryman, a Jailer, Deputy Sheriff, Patrol Shift Sergeant, LE Dispatcher, and a Firearms Instructor/Armorer/Rangemaster under both the military and Law Enforcement hats. I have had trainees who, during a lull in the class, asked me to see how long I could extend a rant without exhausting my repertoire.
Can... may I PLEASE help you write your memoir??!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉❤😊
This is so great
@@catebrooks6779 As a matter of fact, my shooting buddy has been pushing me to start writing it.
@@jessicahay9305 Thank you! Peer recognition is the best kind of positive reinforcement.
I love it when Simon talks about the stuff. We get to hear him swear because it's educational, the perfect loophole. Now only if someone would do a book report about this in school so they could be allowed to legally curse.
I love his no filter,dirty mouth! Mine is also shocking
To my knowledge, there is no law against using curse words, anywhere in the English-speaking world.
It might fall under "public nuisance" laws possibly?@@craigcorson3036
Today, I F**king Found Out
This was hilarious.
Today I Found The F*ck Out
Winna
@Lemuel Harry stop what shitties
F around and find out.
Fucking right!
"The most useful word in the English language."
Accurate.
Fuck yeah!
Fucking accurate*
Fucking A brother!
@@0G-Ghost I opened the thread to comment the same thing
That's fucking right
In the late 60s I was a freshman in school and we had a substitute teacher in English one day. At the start of class he had a student close the door and he wrote this word on the chalk board and explained its origin.
While I enjoy Simon’s style of narration on this channel the most, this episode has by far his best delivery.
I love how "always serious and informative" Simon can't even get through the first 1/3 of the video without letting his inner 12 year old cracking through the facade
ThrottleKnife you should check out Simon’s business blaze channel.
Watch business blaze!! Crack On!!
I knew it would just be a question of when, not if. And in fairness to Simon, I went from inner amusement to actual laughing at the exact same time.
*fuckade.
"the swiss army knife of the english language." :) yes.
Also every language
:grins: That’ll be why an old army friend of mine could make entire sentences out of the word :)
The universal adjective.
Yes it fucking is
Right! Very funny, sly joke.
Simon should be given some prize for being serious as long as he was.
I damn near broke down in tears from laughing so hard when he pronouncing the names.
Well done to Upstart for agreeing to sponsor this video.
Only advertizing link I ever clicked on. TH-cam/advertizers (or whoever the censors are) not supporting abusive toxic videos and their makers is fine. Trying to brow beat people because they aren't "yes, maam. no, maam." conformists is toxic and those doing that don't deserve support.
I know who I'm going to next time a need a loan! :)
@@FedoraDog13 you mean a fucking loan.
This is hands downs the VERY BEST video Simon has ever hosted. Ever.
Have you seen business blaze? It's a whole other Simon
Amanda Bromell - No, I haven’t. Really, I just liked all the F-Bombs Simon drops in this video.
Business Blaze Simon is the man behind the narrations. He’s the best of all. Of course, hats off to Danny for the great script work.
I think you mean, "This is hands fucking down the very fucking best video fucking Simon has ever fucking hosted, fuck!"
Correction: This is hands downs the VERY FUCKING BEST video Simon has ever hosted. Ever.
There. Fixed it.
I'd be shocked if this wasn't de-monetized; or maybe not because it falls under a little known TH-cam educational video exemption policy. Made all the more wonderful seeing Simon struggling to keep it together.
Simon when he realized that this video will undoubtedly get demonetized: “Ah fuck it, my fucking audience needs this one.”
Lol!
Simon : “Thank you for f*****g watching”
Me: “You’re f*****g welcome”
Haha me too!
It is amusing that in spite of the fact that the video uses the word multiple times and shows it printed across multiple graphics, you still feel the need to edit out the words in your comment. That is just fucking hilarious!
Me: that was a good f-cking video
Mother (in the other room): hey watch your f-cking mouth
Best closing ever!! Love it!!!
@@bkdmode agreed
In Dutch, "fok" means to breed. A "fokker" is a breeder.
So fokker airplanes... Oh no... Does that mean...
*They Dropped F-Bombs?*
*Or maybe even Sexbombs*
Makes sense
Gamer Karen. This name confuses me for you must be from an alternate universe to be comprehended.
Interesting.
Focke Wulf
While researching old yearbooks at my alma mater, I soon came to the realization as why they no longer called the institution Friends University of Central Kansas. Seeing undergraduates proudly donning sweatshirts that read FUCK, made it quite clear.
Ha you went there? We joked about that place so much, especially the fact that it was a Christian college who chose that name.
@@nicholase2868 It was an interesting place. Originally called Garfield University, it was purchased by a Mr. Davis from Saint Louis and gifted to the Friends Society. Thus the name Friends University. At one point they changed from the Q-men to a duck mascot. I always thought the Quackers was because of the Quaker aspect. Wrong. Ak lot of farm boys went to the university and came with their duck calls. Very impressive during basketball games I was told. We had a sister community college who at the time I went to the university was called Friends Bible College. It was usually referred to as Friends Bridal College as most of the married student came from that college..
"The Swiss Army Knife of the English language" ...Classic! Reminds me of the US Marine Corps, where men learn how to use the word "f*ck" seven times in a four-word sentence...lol
I can happily appreciate Simon valiantly holding in his laughter. Nvm he gave in 🤣
@Steven Baal Nvm = Never mind
Simon was so precious when he had to giggle, showing us his inner child.
Check out Business Blaze, you get real Simon all the time, and he’s fucking hilarious.
Oh how I f**king needed this on Nov 5th 2020, really made me giggle and in a better mood
you really couldnt just type fucking?
Give Simon an Emmy for keeping a straight face and semi serious daminor during the video. Reminds me of the old wav file, the f word
Seeing the always stoic Simon losing his shit trying to pronounce those names is the best thing I've seen all week
Please! "Schmidt"! named after the Apollo Astrronaut, Harriston, "Jack" Schmidt.
I want to see the blooper reel! That would be the best of Today I Found Out!!!
THANK YOU, SIMON. A lot of excellent information and you didn't miss a beat!
That was brilliant. I wonder how many takes it took outside of the ones shown in the middle. I don't think I would be able to sit there as straight faced as Simon did. F**king well done.
This is the wholesome, quality content I came for
And this is the sarcastic comment I enjoy!
Fuck yes it is!
Everyone’s inner 12 year old self came out while watching this video 😂
Mike Wilson I had tears running down my cheeks. Thought I was gonna get a Hernia. JK
bold of you assume some of us hide it 😂
For sure. I was really losing it during the poetry.
Hey Bevis... He said F#CK... ha ha ha ha
You folk cover many topics that make me grin, this was by the most fun!
You both did so well, bravely explain the situation. Bravo 👍 And bravo on the workaround ❤️👍
Listening to Simon laughing out loud makes me feel a lot better about me laughing so hard I made my neighbour stop playing the piano... I may be unpopular here now 🤔 But wow, that was an amazing laugh 😂😂😂
Line B you should watch Business Blaze, he laughs constantly over there
This is legit the first time I've seen him laught. In all other video's I've seen of him he's always been dead serious, just like in the beginning of this video.
I thought I was the only one who nearly peed himself when I saw him laugh. I can no longer cry when I'm sad, that door is welded shit, but I just cried 8 liters of brine while laughing my ass of watching this.
I haven't laughed this hard in over 6 years. Fuck. 😂
.
I love it when he breaks character on the "serious" channels 😂
Business Blaze is absolutely hilarious!
This has to be one of the most hilarious shows he has ever done🤣🤣🤣.
John le Fucker🤣🤣🤣
What you think this is funny?
You must be one of those Little Fucker's
Go watch Business Blaze as he cracks up constantly there, he's great!
Fucker begger!
@@ross-carlson thanks mate I will do just that.
I appreciate your dissertation, Simon, i'm relieved to have the fun taken out of it, with such analysis. I approve!
I like about all the videos you make ,but this is absolutely hilarious, thanks
The F word is for Friends who do stuff together
"U" is for you and me 🎶
"N" is for anywhere and anytime at all
DOWN HERE IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA!!!
"F" is for fire that burns down@Moogle Midgar
Where do we trade in all these friends without benefits?
@Moogle Midgar U is for uranium, bombs
I love how uncensored this one was, and Simon cracking up is great
This made my day. Thank you for composing one of the best videos I've watched in a while.
Bravo Simon, by far my fav video of yours. Tooooo funny!!
The British accent makes this 1000 times funnier 😂😂😂
How about a Scottish accent?
Josh in Scottish it’s Foock
BBC, After Dark.
It's not a "British accent", it's an English accent.
🤣
that made my day, the credits at the end was a bonus itself
OMG ! 🤣🤣
The Fucking Host:
Fucking golden
I almost missed that! 😂
Excellent episode! Thank you!
out of ALLLLL of Simons videos i have ever fucking watched, this one is by far my most favorite one. absolutely love it Simon.
I believe I've never heart this f-word said this many times without censorship... Incredible video, Simon. Your laughing moment was hilarious!
It made me really fuckin' happy that they included that little blooper to show his humanity, heh~
Fun fact: The Wolf of Wall Street holds the record for most times said in a film at 506. A record previously held by Summer of Sam with 435. Frankly, I stopped using profanity many years ago. I don't want my daughter to grow up and be like far too many young people today with their casual use of swear words. Girls especially are using these words far more than in the past. Not faulting anyone, it's just my preference. Besides, when I hear a woman using the word fuck, "lady" isn't the first impression that comes to mind.
you have your choice, man. but you'd be wiser to live
in the present time. Your
daughter is going to swear...
eventually...even if you never hear her. Don't expect
her to be a clone of you. You
In Dutch, fokken means breeding, as in animal husbandry. Which led to the famous talk between Dutch MP Joseph Luns and JFK:
JL: I fok horses
JFK: Pardon?
JL: Yes, paarden
After running paarden through google translate, I find this hilarious.
If that is true, you have won today's best comment!
@@casssmith2002 Thanks for the tip! I thought I just didn't get the joke. ;-)
The amount of cuts in this video, is so telling, bet you had fun making this one!
I re-watch this at least once a month. Love it.
So I guess the phrase "I'd hit that" has more historical context than I'd previously thought.
"Roger that!" (Said Faster.)😉
Hey, nice "Subscription List." (Biographics among them.) I have MAJOR "Respect" for Erwin Rommel. I am going to watch that one and the one about life with the Mohave, asap!
I gave a like to this comment, but had to take it back since it made the like count 70 instead of 69
Than* is a method of comparison.
@@scotthenrie5674 Ikr? That drives me effing crazy, too😎🙃 Then, I try to get a grip rather than gripe 😉😆
I was in hysterics at the final closing credits, thanks I've now got to clean my monitor as I spat wine all over it - it was worth it....
Among
that is called "to nose-coffee" regardless of the drink.
That was incredible!! Thanks Simon
I’ve had so many good laughs so far out of this! I needed them. Ty
i love when the outtakes are kept in. i want a Today I Found Out Simon Breaks video
R3H0L3S we really really need the BTS of TIFO series
How many times do you think you could say Fuckbeggar?
He had a great breakup on the video of the history of the word "slut".
It's called Business blaze
@thevisionary2007 Thanks!! I somehow missed that one! I'll go look it up!
10:56 -This begins the most regal, and respectful, recital of one of the raunchiest poems I have ever heard. Well done, good sir, well done!
Had to go back and re-read the credits😂🤣😂‼️ fucking awesome, Simon!!
Whoever requested this question for Simon to answer YOU win for the rest of the year 😂😂😂
It's "whoever", not "whomever", but I agree :)
the Swiss army knife of 4 letter words...yup. In every way, shape, and form: noun, verb, adverb, and of course adjective.
You can make up a sentence consisting almost entirely of the f-word and it will still make sense: Fuck those fucking fuckers!
"Fuck the fucking fuckers," as they say.
Not an adjective, It doesn't act as a descriptor. It's an expletive
@@jordenconrad8827 I don't know, sounds kind of fucky to me.
@@DisappointedScrosh right on, I was thinking in terms of "fucking donkey", where it doesn't actually add to the sense.
Point taken
What a legendary video, Simon. And you are a legend, allegedly.
Oh my goodness! What a splendid way to wrap up a stressful day! Thank you most kindly for a genuine, nerve soothing, broadside of laughter :D.
You enjoyed this one didn't you.
TH-cam is probably having a field day with this one
I'm surprised it's monetized.
BRAVO! Phuquing great presentation!
You certainly made learning fun today, thank you
I'm impressed how you kept a straight face through most of this !
He really didn't though 😂
@@xenos_n. I'd be interested to know how many takes they needed to finish shooting this one! Watching Simon trying to maintain a normal expression while various facial twitches start is hilarious 😁
Did you see the fucking credits?
The magic of editing --> It normally takes me about 6 takes for each segment.
Basically, for every 6-8 minutes of recorded content, I get 1 minute of finished content.
Really liked those closing credits. DON'T MISS THEM
Yup
If you already know you're gonna be *demonetized* (anyone else ever noticed how close that is to *"demonized"* ?), you may as well have fun with it. :-D
Good thing they had a direct sponsor...lol
@@timcarder2170 Go demonstrate against it. Duh.
@@voornaam3191 ;-)
Very interesting indeed and I know some people who couldn't talk without this word~!! I love your term of it being the Swiss Army Knife of words~!! For Sure~!
This was so awesome. Thank you for making this video. It's so great to see Simon try to stay dignified while saying all the versions of the last name _uck____. Made my day. ❤
I love how he can't suppress his laughter.
1:55
That cheeky little smirk is so incredible.
And you even changed the end credits, brilliant!
The letter to the Sultan from the Zaporozhian Cossacks in the 1600s is one of my favorite uses of the word in history.
That made my day in ways I can't begin to describe.
One of the most important questions in the history of ever
I am still striving to hit that.
"That Shaft, he one bad mother..." "Shut yo' mouth!!!"
this was super interesting to listen to, always interesting to learn the origin of something so common place these days
LOLZ! DEMONITIZED! Seriously... everyone who watches this video and laughs as much as I did should donate a dollar. They'll never make a cent from TH-cam for this one
Upstart paid them for the brief ad and not to mention they get a kickback from those who use the promo
they have a sponsor.... so it doesnt matter if this video got demonetized, they still got paid.
@@zerocalvin Yeap they still got fuckin paid.
I don't think they give a fuck
My twelve-year old inner child is very satisfied after watching this video..
Whatever price they paid to make it, it was well spent in my book.
Simon: "John Le Fucker.."
Simon: (stiffles a giggle)
Simon: "Fuckabegger"
Simon: ROARING LAUGHTER!
Biggus...Dickus!
In all seriousness, you should DEFINITELY put together a compilation of this video's outtakes!!! Fr fr!!
Love it! Do "Shop High In Transport" next. lol
This will be one of the most viewed videos on this channel.
A lot of people say that word when they encounter me in the forest
Good one 😂
I like how I keep running into your TH-cam comments. You're like a celebrity.
Key word: like. Some Bigfoot's not a celebrity, merely *like* a celebrity.
@@kevinslater4126 I was thinking the same thing. He's on many of the same channels I am.
@@kevinslater4126 I know right? From Donut Operator to Tim Pool to here.
The credits at the end only added to the greatness of the video!
Thanks for this explanation
Suddenly he said: "it you want it quick and easy" I just thought "YES PLEASE!"... and then realised he was talking about money... Well I can use that too.
Hi Stef. Don't close the doors yet baby...
Much respect for being able to make this video, I had to pause several times due to laughing so hard that I could no longer see the screen. Also, love when there are bloopers included.
You'd probably enjoy his Business Blaze channel, all those videos include ad-libbing and bloopers.
Yep, I had to do a couple of double-takes myself.
I would've loved to see how simon would present this on business blaze
Sam would enjoy gordon Ramsey memes all day XD.
This is so enlightening!
I love hearing Simon drop F bombs. And also when he loses composure. So this video was a real treat
I like seeing him with his hair down over at Business Blaze; it’s a window into the real Simon Whistler...and he’s hilariously goofy.
Hearing Simon swear is a gift from god
allblocked1322 he does it all the time on business blaze🤦🏿♂️
😂😂, well done Simon for getting through this topic, 😂 , I laughed myself silly, cheers CB Australia 🇦🇺
This has now expanded my collection of F's to say to people and friends, can tell you enjoyed making this video.
You should start a "Today I Fu**ing Found Out" channel, because this was a fantastic video!
Today I F*cked Off!
I just laughed out loud so hard that I scared my cat.
I've never seen Simon as animated and never enjoyed a video as much as this one. I'm here for all of it.
I agree. That video wins my top spot for the most entertaining video he's produced for us. I almost fell off my stool. He's a natural. Brilliant. And he does it all with seeming ease. Love him.
Watch his business blaze channel
You really need to see Business Blaze...
You should have seen when he explained what a sluthole was.
G o
W a t c h
B u s i n e s s
B l a z e
Got to be the funniest video you guys have done.
This might have been the best 13 mins I have had in awhile. A+ video