cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/questions/p/1209070/what-is-the-origin-of-fuck-you-use-as-a-insult
How does “fuck you” work as insult? What is the origin?
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/questions/p/1209070/what-is-the-origin-of-fuck-you-use-as-a-insult
How does “fuck you” work as insult? What is the origin?
Care to share? For educational purposes.
Off the top of my head, Dutch has pretty disease-centric profanity, and Quebec French has the sacres, which are basically just things found in a church.
I mean, sex is a very common subject, and OP was probably right that (translations of) that exact phrase occurs from time to time all the way back, but it’s far from a constant.