In Alex and Paul Cannon’s comedic short, starring Chris Gethard, a dad struggles to give an age-appropriate explanation of the expletive.
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00:00 (gentle music)
00:02 - Dad?
00:13 - Yeah, sweetheart?
00:14 - Dad, what does fuck mean?
00:17 - Where did you hear that?
00:25 Did mommy's boyfriend say that?
00:28 - No, heard it at school.
00:30 - Well, we call that the F word.
00:37 - Fuck?
00:38 - Yeah.
00:39 - It's a bad word?
00:41 - Yeah.
00:42 Yeah.
00:44 Depending on how you use it, yeah.
00:48 - Why, what's it mean?
00:49 - Well, I guess the most basic definition
00:54 is to make love to someone you don't even like.
00:59 - Why would you do that?
01:04 - I wouldn't.
01:07 I wouldn't.
01:09 You know what though?
01:15 It's actually a very versatile word though.
01:19 It's got a lot more meanings than that.
01:21 A lot of people use it as an expression of joy.
01:24 Like someone gets really good news in their life,
01:26 they're like, "Fuck!"
01:28 You know?
01:29 But then sometimes when people are in physical pain,
01:31 that's the word that comes out.
01:32 Like you stub your toe, you're like, "Fuck!
01:35 "Fuck!"
01:36 You know?
01:37 So it goes in a bunch of different directions,
01:39 is the point.
01:40 Turns into an insult when you use it as a noun.
01:48 Remember you've learned about nouns?
01:49 You could be like, "Wait, she's with who?
01:52 "That guy?"
01:54 'Cause he's like the definition of a dumb fuck
01:56 'cause he's such a fucker.
01:58 That guy is a fucker and he fucking sucks.
02:01 That would mean like, "That guy is such a jerk
02:03 "and he really sucks."
02:06 You know?
02:09 But you don't just say it to jerks
02:11 'cause you actually say it to people
02:12 when you really agree with them too.
02:14 Somebody says something you really agree with,
02:16 you're like, "Fucking A!
02:18 "Fucking A, right?
02:19 "Look to the future.
02:20 "You can't look backwards."
02:21 And also sometimes it can be almost like a synonym
02:25 for the phrase, like, "Too bad, too bad."
02:29 I failed bio, ah, fuck.
02:33 - What's bio?
02:35 - I can only explain so many things in a day
02:37 if I'm being honest.
02:39 As a verb it gets really interesting
02:43 'cause that becomes a threat.
02:45 You know what I mean?
02:47 Like you can tell somebody, like,
02:49 "Hey, I'm gonna fuck you up."
02:50 You're gonna get fucked up.
02:52 And when you use it like that,
02:53 when you use the phrase fucked up,
02:55 that's not about trying to have sex at that point.
02:57 That's more, "I'm gonna hurt your body using my body."
03:00 Or weapons, you know?
03:04 Before I forget though, fucked up has one other meaning.
03:10 I don't want you to not have the whole scope of that
03:14 'cause it can also mean impaired.
03:15 Usually people say it in reference
03:17 to having drank too much.
03:18 They'll be like, "Oh, I had so many beers.
03:19 I'm so fucked up."
03:20 You'll hear that one a lot actually in college.
03:23 That's where you'll hear that.
03:25 It can also denote that the state of something is broken.
03:30 It's another way to use it.
03:33 Like, "My marriage is fucked."
03:36 And you can use it if you feel like you've been screwed over.
03:42 That makes a lot of sense too.
03:44 - Like S-E-X?
03:46 - No.
03:48 Good guess.
03:49 In this case, more like if you feel like you got
03:51 maybe double crossed in a way, you know?
03:53 Like, a good example would be like,
03:55 "Oh, wow, mommy really doesn't care
03:58 how much she fucked this family."
04:01 You know?
04:03 Yeah, usually.
04:10 Usually it applies to S-E-X, yeah.
04:12 Do you know about the cognates?
04:14 The cognates are amazing.
04:15 Fuck face, fucko, fuck nuts, fuck wit, fuck stick.
04:19 I always liked that one.
04:21 That one means penis.
04:23 They're all insults at the end of the day.
04:25 Have you ever heard the word fuckery?
04:27 - Nope.
04:29 - Okay, let's not even worry about that one.
04:31 I mean, we'll just stick with the ones that are more common.
04:33 Now, remind me, where did you hear it exactly?
04:36 - One of the girls at recess said it.
04:40 She said, "Fuck that."
04:42 - Huh.
04:43 I'm gonna need more context.
04:46 - Teacher asked her to let me join their four square game
04:51 and she was like, "Fuck that."
04:54 - Man, that is a good use of that word.
05:06 'Cause that's almost like, to hell with,
05:09 or to heck with that.
05:10 Like, who needs that crap, right?
05:12 It's a very good use of that.
05:13 It really is just like such a flexible word.
05:17 - Seems pretty useful.
05:23 - It is.
05:24 It really is.
05:25 And now that you know it,
05:28 the most important thing is that you never, ever say it.
05:31 (gentle music)
05:37 (children chattering)
05:40 - So, where were we?
05:50 There's other cognates too,
05:51 like mother fuckers and great women.
05:53 That can mean someone who has SEX with their own mother,
05:58 but it doesn't have to.
05:59 It can mean a lot of things.
06:03 (gentle music)
06:05 - I will never fucking say it again.
06:10 - Okay, that's the last time.
06:11 Please don't say it again.
06:13 - Okay.
06:15 - Great.
06:16 So that picture has too much fucking brown in it.
06:19 Last time, you can say it one more time now,
06:22 since I said it one more time.
06:24 - Fuck you!
06:25 - Okay.
06:26 I've been hearing a lot of that lately.
06:28 [BLANK_AUDIO]