Where Did the F-Word Come From?

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It was fantastic watching Simon struggle with being professional during this entire video.

Simon losing his professionalism is the most adorable thing ever.

Simon talking about and using the word with a straight face and intellectually exploring its origins is in itself, hilarious.

Watching Simon struggle to keep it together is almost as good as "Biggus Dickus"

When I was a small child in the late 60's, we looked up 'fart' in the dictionary. It read: "An explosion between the legs."

"The most useful word in the English language." Accurate.

One of my sons enshrined my multilingual vocabulary of obscenities in a school paper. I distinctly remember him using the phrases, "turn the air blue" and "ran out of breath before running out of variations". Note: I came by it honestly, having been a Red Cross First Aid Instructor, a Diesel mechanic/welder/fabricator (in my Dad's shop, where I learned "whore-raper" "whorebaby" and "morphidite"), an Infantryman, a Jailer, Deputy Sheriff, Patrol Shift Sergeant, LE Dispatcher, and a Firearms Instructor/Armorer/Rangemaster under both the military and Law Enforcement hats. I have had trainees who, during a lull in the class, asked me to see how long I could extend a rant without exhausting my repertoire.

I love it when Simon talks about the stuff. We get to hear him swear because it's educational, the perfect loophole. Now only if someone would do a book report about this in school so they could be allowed to legally curse.

Well done to Upstart for agreeing to sponsor this video.

There's someting weirdly appealing about listening to someone who speaks so eloquently drop the 'F' word. And I love it when Simon loses it. 😃😄😆😂🤣😅

In the late 60s I was a freshman in school and we had a substitute teacher in English one day. At the start of class he had a student close the door and he wrote this word on the chalk board and explained its origin.

Simon should be given some prize for being serious as long as he was.

I love how "always serious and informative" Simon can't even get through the first 1/3 of the video without letting his inner 12 year old cracking through the facade

This is hands downs the VERY BEST video Simon has ever hosted. Ever.

While I enjoy Simon’s style of narration on this channel the most, this episode has by far his best delivery.

I'd be shocked if this wasn't de-monetized; or maybe not because it falls under a little known YouTube educational video exemption policy. Made all the more wonderful seeing Simon struggling to keep it together.

Today, I F**king Found Out This was hilarious.

Simon : “Thank you for f*****g watching” Me: “You’re f*****g welcome”

Give Simon an Emmy for keeping a straight face and semi serious daminor during the video. Reminds me of the old wav file, the f word