'F**k'

There's a great scene in "The Big Lebowski" where Sam Elliott leans over a bar counter next to Jeff Bridges and asks: "Just one thing, Dude. Do you have to use s'many cuss words?" To which The Dude replies, "What the f**k are you talkin' about, man?" That was but one of 281 times the F-word was used in that film, a pace only rivaled by "Pulp Fiction," which also clocks in at 281.

Those figures sound remarkable until you stop and think about the fact that people actually talk like that in the States — unless they're religious or running for public office. How exactly did the F-word, ahem, penetrate our speech patterns and become the intensifier of choice?

Well, along comes a new documentary — called, simply, "F**k" — to examine the origins and usage of one of the most common verbs and adjectives in English. There's Bill Maher, of the TV program "Politically Incorrect," saying "it's so good to say it, it feels so good coming out of your mouth," and you'll get no better explanation over the course of this film.