Fun is everywhere these days. On sitcoms, in commercials, on billboards, and on everybody's lips.
It is the result of a culture which has nothing serious to think about, or to fight for. We don't take religion seriously, nor family (unless it is the "inclusive" families of aggressive homosexuals) nor country. We are easily bullied and easily coerced by the loudest voice in the group.
So there s nothing left but to have FUN.
Here is the word's origin, and history, from the online Thesaurus.com:
fun 1680s, v., "to cheat, hoax," probably a variant of M.E. fon "befool" (c.1400), later "trick, hoax, practical joke," of uncertain origin. Stigmatized by Johnson as "a low cant word." Older sense is preserved in phrase to make fun of and funny money "counterfeit bills" (1938, though this may be more for the sake of the rhyme); sense of "amusement" is 1727.It doesn't look like much "fun."
But, all the contemporary synonyms given by the thesaurus are light, bright and airy:
amusing
enjoyable
entertaining
lively
pleasants
boisterous
convivial
diverting
merry
witty
Yet, people rarely seem to be having fun, in a mirthful, merry, boisterous way. What does that say about our times?