I think the "F Word" came from Germany during one of our wars against them.
? I wonder just what the curse words were during the Old West.
Actually, the word is much older than that. Shakespeare made puns on both the "F word" and the "C word."
Deadwood is built around a "realistic" impression of Western dialogue. The notion being that the kind of people who pioneered the West were not the sort of people to watch their mouths. Makes sense to me, though I haven't actually watched any of it.
Wrong. Fortuncation Under Carnel Knowledge was a Court Marshel offense in the British Navy dating back to colonial times.