How many times is the f-word (or derivation thereof) used in the film The Big Lebowski and is it the most in film history?
In The Big Lebowski the word 'Fuck' is used 260 times, although this is not the most times in history. If we go by what Wikipedia says then, not counting a documentary on the word, Spike Lee's Summer of Sam is top of the list with 435 usages of the f-bomb. The Big Lebowski comes a measly 24th! The list is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis...Also, here is a quick summery of all the curse-words used in the film - F-word(260), C*ck(1), D*ck(4), Sh*t(37), A*s(13), A*shole(6), B*tch(2), B*stard(1), Pr*ck(1), Hell(6), God Damn(9), Damn(3), Jesus(10), Christ(4)- sourced from http://web.archive.org/web/20070...
If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be?
It's very difficult for me to regret my own mistakes because I have learned from them but there is one in particular regret that no matter what anybody tries to tell me to make things better, I simply can't come to terms with.When I was 5 years old I was sexually abused my cousin. It went on for a while until he moved to another state. Years went by and I never said a word to anybody about it until I was 17 years old.Fast forward I graduated high school and joined the military right away. I rarely visited home but one of the days I did, my sister told me to not mention anything to anybody but that when I was on deployment my younger brother had came forward with some terrible news.My sister said that my brother told my mom that my cousin had sexually abused him. Yes, the same cousin who abused me.I asked her when it had happened and he said it was right before my cousin left to live at another state. At that moment, my heart broke. If only I had said something to someone about the sexual abuse that was being done to me my brother wouldn't have suffered.My brother suffered a lot but we didn't know what was wrong. He never said a word to anybody about anything. Now we know why and if I would have said something, he wouldn't have been abused.I've learned to accept that it wasn't my fault but it's still something that when I think about it, it breaks me down.
WHY DOES slang change?
I think the answers already given have merit, but I also think that slang changes because young people are looking for new ways to express themselves that hasn't been done before. There's also the consideration that many of slang terms past have had legitimate reasons for being used in a SIMILAR fashion to how it evolves. Such as the word awesome. The definition has to do with something being awe inspiring. Thus it transformed into the exclamation, "Awesome!" There is also the aspect that often there are terms that become commonplace and no longer considered to be slang. The term, cool, for example, came in with the 1960's and never really went out. Now it's not uncommon to hear that word in polite, fairly sophisticated conversation, though it is still considered slang to use it to mean that something is good. Shakespeare has included the word drab in at least one of his plays. At the time it meant a dry, used up prostitute. Obviously we don't use it for that reason anymore. Swearwords are the most superb example of the evolution of slang. A mere fifteen or so years ago, sucks was a rather inappropriate word to say. It was never heard on tv because it was foul. I believe because it was implied that something naughty was being sucked. Then along came a television show on Nickelodeon that used the term "sucks hose water", and of course, never said sucks without adding hose water to it. Eventually the assumption that you were sucking on a body part was lost and now it's not a very bad word at all. There was a time when God or d*mn was not acceptable on television at all, but now we can hear either of those words as long as they are not combined into one. And the F bomb was the WORST WORD EVAAR, and now, though we still don't hear it on brodcast television, it's flung around like beads at Marti Gras. I believe the main reason that slang changes is simply because people hear it so often that they become desensitized to it and it no longer evokes the desired emotion, be that positive or negative. If I haven't answered your question, I hope I at least gave you plenty to think on.
Who invented the "F" word?
Most words aren't "invented" per se, they just exist or evolve from other words, and their meanings can change over time. The modern F-word probably comes from Middle English "f u c k e n", which comes from German "f i c k e n". Ultimately linguists are not really sure what the etymology of the word is. The theories such as the word being an acronym of "Fornication Under Consent of the King" are funny but baseless despite their pervasiveness as urban legends.
Why does my dog not like the F word?
When you stub your toe your voice and your mood changes. He picks up on that change and knows you are upset over something. Just in case that this something might be him he ducks away. I am sure if you would yell "butterflies" while you are angry and/or in pain you would see the same reaction. Be glad you have such an observant and smart dog. I could be laying in the couch, sick and whimpering in pain and my dog will happily jump up on me and stuff his stinking old toys in my face trying to get me to play. :(
What is your response to Ann Coulter's use of the "f" word? Is "f-ggot" the new "n" word?
I'm suprised that most people here (predictably late into the 30s to 50s) are indifferent to the word "f-ggot" as offensive to gay/lesbian individuals. No, its not a "new" slang term, its a derrogrative term equivalent to calling a black individual the "n" word.