Stops. Most of the "hard" words you'll find in any language will have a glottal or palatal stop in them -- a tongue or throat movement that produces a hard, sudden sound.
I imagine that the evocation of spitting has something to do with it -- say "fuck" sharply enough, and there's a definite shower. It also may be related to the sounds we perceive predators as making -- low, dangerous, hard noises that indicate superiority or threat.
Perhaps. But also, it may have been impressed upon by straights feeling constrained by their societal obligations. Regardless, it is used as an outsider word on the playground, so it counts in my book.
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Date: 2005-11-27 06:26 pm (UTC)I imagine that the evocation of spitting has something to do with it -- say "fuck" sharply enough, and there's a definite shower. It also may be related to the sounds we perceive predators as making -- low, dangerous, hard noises that indicate superiority or threat.
..not that I'm a geek.
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