FUN: [Possibly from fon, to make a fool of, from Middle English fonnen, to fool, possibly from fonne, fool.]
Usage Note: The use of 'fun' as an attributive adjective, as in a fun
time, a fun place, probably originated in a playful reanalysis of the
use of the word in sentences such as: It is fun to ski, where fun has the
syntactic function of adjectives such as amusing or enjoyable.
The
usage became popular in the 1950s and 1960s, though there is some
evidence to suggest it has 19th-century antecedents, but it can
still raise eyebrows among traditionalists.
The day may come when this
usage is entirely unremarkable, but writers may want to avoid it in more
formal contexts.
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