kevin_strom on Nostr: When a word has multiple recognized meanings, we have to determine which meaning is ...

When a word has multiple recognized meanings, we have to determine which meaning is intended from context.

It's rather strange that in "f___ you" the message is one of extreme dislike, even hate, yet the actual meaning of the verb in this context is totally unclear, which I think allows a suggestion of the sexual meaning to always hover somewhere in the consciousness.

I speculate that this expression started simply as a means to shock, by using language that was at one time more or less forbidden.