Fun is a word that has been in the English language for centuries, and the meaning it has has changed over the years. In the 1680’s fun was a verb meaning “to cheat, hoax” and the true origin is unknown. The most likely origin comes from the Middle English word from the 1400’s fond, which means “befool”. Fun was used as a verb from the 1680’s until the early 1700’s. In 1727, fun was now used as a noun meaning, “diversion, amusement, mirthful sport”. This is a more current and common definition that is typically thought of when we hear the word fun.
Over the centuries this word has been used in many different ways to describe an enormous amount of different things that people view as fun and enjoyable. Fun is defined by Merriam-Webster dictionary as, “someone or something that is amusing or enjoyable: an enjoyable experience or person”. This definition is what most people would typically think of when they hear the word fun. They think of all of the good times they have had and what they like to do for enjoyment.
However, this word also has many different other definitions as well, such as Oxford Dictionary’s definition, “A cheat or trick; a hoax, a practical joke. ”. This definition states that fun is playing a joke on another person, or cheating them out of something, which is something that I do not believe most people think of when they hear the word fun. Oxfords definition makes fun sound like a negative word by making it seem like having fun is gaining personal pleasure out of someone else’s pain or stress caused by something you did to them.
Fun is a word that has many different definitions, but also has an incredibly wide variety of meanings to different people. The first thing that comes to my mind when I think of the word fun in pop culture is the pop group fun. Fun is a pop group that started in New York City who were popular in 2012 with their hit song “We Are Young”. This song was also on the top 100 list in 2012. This group has no real meaning to me, other than the fact that it was a very popular song that everyone knew the first year of high school.
The word fun also has an important meaning to world history. I think the word fun, and having fun, play a very important part in world history because all cultures around the world do different things that they think are fun. For example, many could say children in America have fun playing baseball, while children in Brazil have fun by playing soccer or people in Switzerland have fun by skiing. Countries are often remembered or known by what their most popular way of having fun is.
Having fun is a very important part of the history of countries from around the world for many reasons. Fun is a word that I have recently been thinking a lot about. I think about what it meant for me to consider something fun when I was a young boy compared to now. As a young boy I remember having fun to me was going into the backyard a digging a hole in the dirt, riding my bike around the cul-de-sac for hours on end and never getting tired of it, or running around down the creek that ran behind my house.
The best memories from my childhood, and the memories I most often think of, have to do with the different ways that I had fun as a kid. As I got older the things that I used to have the most fun doing, I no longer found enjoyable. In middle school and junior high I was no longer able to find much fun in going out back and digging a hole, but rather starting to go places with friends, and going out in big groups to the movies, and overall just being more social with my friends.
These memories of things I did for fun is also how I remember my middle school years being. Once again, as I get older the more I notice the different ways I have fun. Now, my definition of “having fun” is walking 20 minutes across campus to go to a party knowing you’re not going to get home until 3 A. M. , being able to work on a construction project and build things with my hands, and seeing the look on my girlfriends 3-year-old nephew when he sees you walk through the door and tell him that you came over spend some “guy time” with him.
Some things stay the same, like going out with friends, but many things are very different with ways that I have fun now. Fun to me now is doing something that makes me feel like I have accomplished something not everyone is able to do or spending time with the ones you love because you never what the next day holds for everyone. Fun is such a powerful word for me because the way that I remember many parts of my life is through the ways that I remember having fun.
