Fuck
this word is based on an old scottish law. It stands for "Fornication (sex) Under Consent of the King" meaning that someone had to ask the king before they could sleep with a noble/rich person. 100% Fact. I swear this is true. I learnt it from my health ed teacher last year.

Be kind its my first ever post (and my first ever photoshop)!

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(Lord of the Beans, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:06, archived)

welcome to the board!
it's spelt fornification though
( evil pixie, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:07, archived)

Pedantic bastard (or female equivilent)
And Welcome!
( Generationgav, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:07, archived)

i'm being helpful!
piss off!
( evil pixie, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:08, archived)

fornication
is spelt that way though... not fornification!
( JustHere, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:09, archived)

oh shut up!
pedant!
( evil pixie, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:10, archived)

Fornification
sounds like the Homer Simpson version.
(goat thinks you're shit, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:11, archived)

Or the dubya speak
"I did not fornificationize that woman"
( kaydup, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:19, archived)

Yeah right!
Next thing you'll be trying to tell us that it's "Congratulations" instead of "Congratumultifications", when your clearly wrong!

And for that matter, I heard of some government conspiracy to persuade us that it was "you're" not your!
( The Boy T, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:18, archived)

your
mean!
( Generationgav, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:11, archived)

your
gay!
( evil pixie, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:14, archived)

your ALL gay
yup...all 17697 of you!
( Generationgav, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:20, archived)

actually
i'm bisexual
probably
( evil pixie, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:22, archived)

Well theres not
a single woman in the world who can resist Brody from the distillers....is there?
( Generationgav, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:26, archived)

Brodie from Mallrats
is the epitome of man.

A bit.
( verbal, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:29, archived)

it also seems you've only linked to your thumbnail
there's a MSN guide in our FAQ which you might find helpful
( evil pixie, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:07, archived)

ah, you've got it now
woo yey!
( evil pixie, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:08, archived)

That
is rather small indeed.
( Mullet Over, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:07, archived)

It
is now fixed.
(Lord of the Beans, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:08, archived)

It's not true at all...
...there are hardly any words made from acronyms before the 20th century.

Although, I would be interested to see some Faunication in action ;)
( Mystery_Bob, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:08, archived)

I dare you
to go argue with Mr. McDonnel
(Lord of the Beans, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:11, archived)

No problem...
...where does he teach?

I'll sort the bastard out tomorrow.
( Mystery_Bob, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:11, archived)

he has a point
www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/fuck.htm
( alistair, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:11, archived)

The fact...
...there are so many variations makes me suspicious as well.
( Mystery_Bob, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:13, archived)

I read that
as 'carnival knowledge'.
( wowbagger, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:31, archived)

how about cop?
or is that a 20th century acronym?
(Cheril, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:27, archived)

great fact!
edit:or not as the bob may be..^
( jeffcapeshop, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:08, archived)

quincy
quincy
(||lll||ll||lll|| ||lll||ll||lll||, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:10, archived)

shoestring shoestring shoestring shoestring shoestring shoestring shoestring shoestring shoestring shoestring shoestring QUINCY! QUINCY!
( Mystery_Bob, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:11, archived)

peh
shoestring was the worst ever.

he never had any good cases to solve.
( jeffcapeshop, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:12, archived)

argh
it's sam
(||lll||ll||lll|| ||lll||ll||lll||, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:12, archived)

woo! nice one...
but the jury's still out...
( Reverend Dan Thank you, please > fbanimations.tumblr.com, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:08, archived)

actually
thats just one of many possible orgins of the word, Linguists have no definate proof of where it came from, and still theorise about it

100% FACT!
( ChaosTime The Fucking Moon Lord, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:08, archived)

I invented it.

(goat thinks you're shit, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:09, archived)

well
there goes years of research!
( ChaosTime The Fucking Moon Lord, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:12, archived)

It was in my past life,
when I was Pope Gregory the 6th.
(goat thinks you're shit, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:15, archived)

you need to look at the properties of the pic,
not the thumbnail of the pic:)

edit, oh you have done!

FUCK - apparently stands for "For Unclean Carnal Knowledge" - 29% FACT
( monkeymanblue mathematically safe, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:08, archived)

BTW
any mods around?

can i have me new icon now!! - i have emailed b3ta:)
( monkeymanblue mathematically safe, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:11, archived)

you need an admin for that
sorry
( evil pixie, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:15, archived)

admin/mods - they're all the same!!!
well, i realise they're not actually:)
( monkeymanblue mathematically safe, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:16, archived)

yay
welcome matey. Pull up a kitten.
( vulga nie jestem Polakiem, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:09, archived)

Nice username...
welcome!
( King Ralph is drunk, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:09, archived)

Or could it be that if they did fuck someone
they weren't supposed to, they could end up in the nick For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge?

Or is it something to do with the Old German 'fokken', to stab aound or penetrate?

Or what?

Welcome anyway. You'll never leave etc.
( pxyzyzygy, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:10, archived)

Given that the English language
is directly descended fron Old Germanic, I'd suggest the latter....
( verbal, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:12, archived)

over generalised perhaps
there's a fair old bit of french and latin and norse and gaelic and old english in there as well.
( alistair, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:15, archived)

Ah
the first one is the one I heard!!!!!!

Anyone know if theres any truth in Golf being "Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden"?
( Generationgav, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:12, archived)

Yes.
No.
( verbal, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:15, archived)

Same thing applies...
...it's an old word, so it's highly unlikely to be an acronym.

I don't know what the name golf means originally, but there were apparently lots of similar old Scottish names for games like golf before they evolved into the game we know today.
( Mystery_Bob, Mon 27 Oct 2003, 23:16, archived)