How offensive is a word f**k in English? [duplicate]

I hear it quite often in movies, radio , books, songs even in some interviews with actors .In my native language is a word like that very strong and awfully offensive but I think it is not that strong in English since I hear people say it very often .

It's offensive enough that:

• Politicians who are caught saying it in public, incidentally, are lambasted on the news.

• It's censored on many television shows, even the ones known for their raunchy humour.

• It will the MPAA rating of a movie up from PG-13 to an R, which means that your movie will (usually) require mandatory age checks.

That all said, it's a pretty commonly-used word, enough such that it won't cause riots, offend most people on the street, and won't even cause most little children to blink an eye.

However, just because it's common doesn't mean that it's appropriate to use in polite company or in public. It is definitely unprofessional in most workplaces but there are many in which it's not really that worrisome.

So really, it's just an impolite word, but not a critically offensive one. It does not have long-lasting implications in general - it is more of a severe expression of annoyance.

Nonetheless, my advice is to avoid the use of the word unless you're with people that you know well.

Profane and offensive? Yes. Pervasive? Oh, yeah! Here is the transcript of an audio file I had years ago using "f@@k" in many parts of the English language.

The most versatile word in the English language