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"Cunt" - is anyone offended by this word?

― Nowell (Nowell), Friday, 8 April 2005 22:52 (twenty years ago)

Nope. I love it.

― Kate's evil twin (papa november), Friday, 8 April 2005 22:53 (twenty years ago)

I thought this was going to be a thread about Calum.

― Ferlin Husky (noodle vague), Friday, 8 April 2005 22:54 (twenty years ago)

I was reading this article in some stupid magazine about the word that got me thinking. I was actually upset by what this guy wrote...But I got over it. It's just a slang word, after all.

Who's Calum?

― Nowell (Nowell), Friday, 8 April 2005 22:55 (twenty years ago)

But seriously folks, I think it's a good word a) for still retaining some shock power and b) for being a nice earthy Anglo Saxon descriptor for women's genitals. On the other hand, when used as a term of abuse for women by men it still connotes seriously twisted misogyny.

― Ferlin Husky (noodle vague), Friday, 8 April 2005 22:58 (twenty years ago)

Sorry Nowell, the first answer was just me being stoopid.

― Ferlin Husky (noodle vague), Friday, 8 April 2005 22:59 (twenty years ago)

I don't know...Saying "cunt" - it's kind of like saying "pussy". It's just slang.

― Nowell (Nowell), Friday, 8 April 2005 22:59 (twenty years ago)

Ah but it's not. Pussies are cute and fluffy. Cunts just wanna get down to business.

― Kate's evil twin (papa november), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:00 (twenty years ago)

So, "cunt" or "pussy"?

― Nowell (Nowell), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:01 (twenty years ago)

The prefix 'cu' is one of the oldest word-sounds in recorded language. It is an expression quintessentially associated with femininity, and is the basis of 'cow' ('female animal'), 'queen' ('female monarch'), and, of course, 'cunt' ('female genital'). The word's second most significant influence is the Latin term 'cuneus', meaning 'wedge', from which comes 'cunnus' ('vagina'). The final 't' of 'cunt' can be traced back to Scandinavia, as in the Old Dutch 'kunte'.

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:02 (twenty years ago)

I don't find it offensive. But, well, you know.

― Nowell (Nowell), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:03 (twenty years ago)

I know it appears in Canterbury Tales, during the Wife of Bath - but she calls it 'quente'.

― andy --, Friday, 8 April 2005 23:04 (twenty years ago)

Derek and Clive would not be as entertaining without this word.

― Ferlin Husky (noodle vague), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:06 (twenty years ago)

CLIVE:
You know that, er, fucking Guinness Book of Records?
DEREK:
Mmmm.
CLIVE:
I've always wanted to be in there becau- .....
DEREK:
Mmm-mm-mm.
CLIVE:
..... 'cause they've got all the records that people have done things, you know, for the longest and .....
DEREK:
Shortest.
CLIVE:
..... highest and everything 'n' that. And, erm, I was in, er, the living room the other day and, er, I felt I was going to sneeze, you know.
DEREK:
Mmm.
CLIVE:
And I suddenly thought: 'Well, no, fuck it, I won't sneeze, I'll reserve it'. And every half-hour when I wanted to sneeze, you know, I reserved it instead of blowing it out into the hanky an' that. And when I'd got a good pile of it up my nose and - I think it was running down my troat actually 'cause I had so much of it, you know, .....
DEREK:
Yeah, yeah.
CLIVE:
..... gradually building up.
DEREK:
Right.
CLIVE:
I thought: 'I'll try and establish the Guinness Book of Records' record for the longest trail of snot in the world'.
DEREK:
(laughs)
CLIVE:
And, er, I just sat there, you know, and I thought I had enough. I thought I had about at least ten yards. And I .....
DEREK:
Is that all?
CLIVE:
..... I was watching, erm, '3-2-1' with Ted Rogers.
DEREK:
Mmmm.
CLIVE:
And, er, great programme, that, c-, I got a bit carried away during it .....
DEREK:
(laughs)
CLIVE:
..... and I almost forgot that I had this, you know, tonnes of snot up my nose and down my throat and it was almost beginning to kill me. And I thought: 'What am I doing?' And I suddenly realised what I was doing, and so .....
DEREK:
You were fucking breaking the world record, mate, that's what you were doing.
CLIVE:
I was breaking the world record, that was what I was after!
DEREK:
Yeah.
CLIVE:
So, very delicately, I put up my forefinger and my thumb .....
DEREK:
Mm-hmmm.
CLIVE:
..... to my nose. And I thought: 'Oh fuck, I've gone and fucked it', 'cause the first bit I got was very hard and I thought: 'It's all gone hard and I won't be able string it out at all'. But, as luck would have it, you know, it was only the first bit .....
DEREK:
Yeah.
CLIVE:
..... which had got clotted and hard. And .....
DEREK:
Well, it had probably been in contact with the air, you see, just got a bit .....
CLIVE:
It had been-, yes, on the outside of the nostril, there.
DEREK:
..... bit dried out. Unlike Weetabix which gets soggy after fucking no time.
CLIVE:
But, anyway, I pulled and I pulled, you know, .....
DEREK:
Yeah-h-h.
CLIVE:
..... I was getting a good length going .....
DEREK:
Ohh, fucking lovely, mate, I wish I .....
CLIVE:
..... and I thought I'd, erm, .....
DEREK:
Tch, phhwww .....
CLIVE:
..... I'd try and get right over to the light fitting on the right, you know, .....
DEREK:
Mmm.
CLIVE:
..... we have a light fitting to the right of the sofa.
DEREK:
That's about ten foot away, right?
CLIVE:
Ten yards away.
DEREK:
Ten yards away? Oh-h, I thought it was ten foot.
CLIVE:
But the only problem was it kept looping, you know, .....
DEREK:
Ohhh, yeah.
CLIVE:
..... like, er, like fucking spaghetti, you know.
DEREK:
Well, bogies do that, they loop.
CLIVE:
Y-, they looped.
DEREK:
Mmm.
CLIVE:
And my fear was they'd touch the floor .....
DEREK:
S-
CLIVE:
..... pick up dust and get disqualified.
DEREK:
Oh, what, for sagging t-, in-, you know, .....
CLIVE:
Yeah, you can't afford .....
DEREK:
..... inexoribly.
CLIVE:
..... to let your bogey sag. And, it seemed like hours .....
DEREK:
Yeah.
CLIVE:
..... it probably was only about, erm, ten minutes.
DEREK:
Well, no, fucking right, yeah.
CLIVE:
But I got to the wall, hung this dry bogey ......
DEREK:
Did you use that sticky stuff t-, to, er, .....
CLIVE:
..... on the light socket.
DEREK:
..... t-, to, you know, make it sure i-, make sure it was there.
CLIVE:
Yeah, I got a kind of plastic gummy stuff which, erm, .....
DEREK:
Yeah, 'll .....
CLIVE:
..... is very much like a bogey.
DEREK:
Mmm.
CLIVE:
Which you can get a Woolworths. And I stuck the bogey to the-, to the wall just under the light fitting and then I - very cautiously - drew back, you know, .....
DEREK:
Yeah.
CLIVE:
..... hanging it out, .....
DEREK:
Yeah.
CLIVE:
..... er, in my wake, so to speak.
DEREK:
Yeah, so of just very easily .....
CLIVE:
Yeah.
DEREK:
Well, you .....
CLIVE:
So I had about-, about a ten yard loop of green snot, you know, between my nose and the wall and I suddenly panicked 'cause I know the Guinness Book of Records requires verification. So I called Dolly .....
DEREK:
Oh-h, blimey, you were .....
CLIVE:
I said, "Dolly, get in here .....
DEREK:
..... crafty!
CLIVE:
I said, "Dolly, get in here quick with the polaroid, I want a witness of this ten yard line of snot", and, er, she said, "Oh, no, I can't, I'm busy, you know, I'm .....
DEREK:
Fucking stupid cow.
CLIVE:
..... busy.
DEREK:
'cause she didn't realise .....
CLIVE:
An' I said-, I said-, I said, "LOOK, I'M GOING FOR THE FUCKING GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS FOR A LONG TRAIL OF SNOT, I'VE GOT TEN YARDS HERE FOR YOU TO PHOTOGRAPH AND IT'S ABOUT FUCKING TIME YOU STARTED BEHAVING LIKE A WIFE!!!" And because I got over-heated .....
DEREK:
Yeah, .....
CLIVE:
..... the chain bro- .....
DEREK:
..... she suddenly got interested.
CLIVE:
No, no, no, .....
DEREK:
No?
CLIVE:
..... the chain broke.
DEREK:
Oh, FUCK!!
CLIVE:
So, by the time she got in with the polaroid .....
DEREK:
What a cunt.
CLIVE:
..... all I had was a long line of .....
DEREK:
Oh, don't tell me, re-
CLIVE:
..... snot on the floor.
DEREK:
Oh, FUCK HER! FUCKING CUNT!! HOW DARE SHE DO THAT TO YOU? MY MATE! FUCKING DESTROYING YOUR-, YOUR BOGEY LIKE THAT!
CLIVE:
Shall I-, shall I tell-, shall I tell you-
DEREK:
OH, FUCKING SLAG!
CLIVE:
SHALL I TELL YOU WHAT I DID? SHALL I TELL YOU WHAT I DID?
DEREK:
Ohh ..... go on.
CLIVE:
I said, "Dolly, .....
DEREK:
Yeah, f-
CLIVE:
..... you've tested me in the past," .....
DEREK:
Oh, fuck her.
CLIVE:
..... I said, "we've been married fourteen years .....
DEREK:
Right.
CLIVE:
..... and you've tried a number of things. I was about to get into the Guinness Book of Records for the longest yardage of snot ......
DEREK:
Phhwww!
CLIVE:
..... between one nostril and the wall, and you let me down. And shall I tell you what I'm going to do NOW? I'M GONNA GET THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS TO RECOGNISE ME .....
DEREK:
(laughs)
CLIVE:
..... AS THE NUMBER ONE CUNT KICKER-IN IN THE WORLD!!" AND I SPREAD HER LEGS APART AND I PUT MY HUGE GREAT NAILED SHOES ON AND I KICKED HER! AND I KICKED HER IN THE CUNT FOR HALF A FUCKING HOUR 'TIL I WAS EXHAUSTED! AND THEN I SAID, "DOLLY! WILL YOU GET A POLAROID OF THAT?!" And the cunt wouldn't even get up!
DEREK:
What a CUNT!

― Cabaret Voltron (PUNXSUTAWNEY PENIS), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:18 (twenty years ago)

it's a cunting fabulous word.

― jody the country girl doll (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:19 (twenty years ago)

But it has to be used correctly. Or something.

― Nowell (Nowell), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:21 (twenty years ago)

I'm ambivalent about it.

― What we want? Sex with T.V. stars! What you want? Ian Riese-Moraine! (Eastern Ma, Friday, 8 April 2005 23:23 (twenty years ago)

I'm not! I like it.

― Nowell (Nowell), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:24 (twenty years ago)

I called an old guy a fucking cunt a while back. It felt good till he told me I had no class.

― Kate / Productive Pedagog (papa november), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:25 (twenty years ago)

Better no class than no cunt, right?

― Ian John50n (orion), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:26 (twenty years ago)

I think I called my foster mother a cunt one time...I got in trouble. But then, she doesn't even like me to say "stupid".

― Nowell (Nowell), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:28 (twenty years ago)

Did she deserve to be called something that harsh, or did you just lose control of yourself?

― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:32 (twenty years ago)

I was probably pretty out of line, calling her that...I don't remember. I'm such a meanie.

― Nowell (Nowell), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:33 (twenty years ago)

I called my sister a cunt once, and she complained about it to my mom. My mom was not pleased.

I still maintain that my sister IS a cunt.

― Ian John50n (orion), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:34 (twenty years ago)

My mum kicked me out of home when I was 18 for saying "fuck". I think he head would've spun around and smoke might've come out her ears if I'd said "Cunt".

― Kate / Productive Pedagog (papa november), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:35 (twenty years ago)

What is it about this word that makes people so mad?

― Nowell (Nowell), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:35 (twenty years ago)

I was probably pretty out of line, calling her that...I don't remember. I'm such a meanie.

I bet you do remember.

― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:36 (twenty years ago)

No, seriously - I don't remember.

― Nowell (Nowell), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:37 (twenty years ago)

Get rid of the Seaward!

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:48 (twenty years ago)

Nah. Why?

― Nowell (Nowell), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:48 (twenty years ago)

I love it, except in contexts like: "AND I KICKED HER IN THE CUNT FOR HALF A FUCKING HOUR 'TIL I WAS EXHAUSTED!" But what's great is Avril Lavigne saying "some girl got up in my face so I kicked her in the box."

― Maria (Maria), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:54 (twenty years ago)

Avril Lavigne said that?

― Nowell (Nowell), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:56 (twenty years ago)

Ah but it's not. Pussies are cute and fluffy. Cunts just wanna get down to business.

Wow.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 9 April 2005 00:28 (twenty years ago)

I'm concerned about your use of dirty language at a young age, Nowell.

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Saturday, 9 April 2005 00:34 (twenty years ago)

I actually prefer the word 'twat', said with a french accent

― modernaire, I wanna be, Saturday, 9 April 2005 00:35 (twenty years ago)

how about "gash"?

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Saturday, 9 April 2005 00:36 (twenty years ago)

Gash is more offensive than cunt.

― Ian John50n (orion), Saturday, 9 April 2005 00:47 (twenty years ago)

how about Slash?

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Saturday, 9 April 2005 01:06 (twenty years ago)

pottymouth!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Saturday, 9 April 2005 01:12 (twenty years ago)

how about Slash?

I'd imagine he prefers "pussy".

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 9 April 2005 01:16 (twenty years ago)

bearded clam

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Saturday, 9 April 2005 01:21 (twenty years ago)

hairpie

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Saturday, 9 April 2005 01:22 (twenty years ago)

SHAGGY AXE WOUND.

― Ian John50n (orion), Saturday, 9 April 2005 01:24 (twenty years ago)

grizzled paper cut

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Saturday, 9 April 2005 01:35 (twenty years ago)

Hairy bike rack

Cunt is my favorite word for moments of extreme anger (ie driving), also effective for shouting at inanimate objects, like the corner of the fridge when you stub your toe.

― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 April 2005 01:39 (twenty years ago)

my favorite expression of anger for awhile was "Cunty bollocks!", which regrettably became my nickname briefly.

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Saturday, 9 April 2005 01:41 (twenty years ago)

i think there's a difference between US and UK usage. in the US it seems more reserved for females and to be used with extreme hateful, sexist overtones. ye, what the noodle said.

― lolita corpus (lolitacorpus), Saturday, 9 April 2005 05:48 (twenty years ago)

I'm not offended by the word, but maybe it's because no one has called me one. I don't know how young the youngest people who know what it means are because one day I was jokeing with my friends and I said, "Did you call me the c word?" No one knew what I was talking about.

― Aja (aja), Saturday, 9 April 2005 05:52 (twenty years ago)

Sideways bacon sandwich is another one I once heard.

― moley, Saturday, 9 April 2005 07:38 (twenty years ago)

Lab Kebab: Classic or Dud?

― Ferlin Husky (noodle vague), Saturday, 9 April 2005 08:02 (twenty years ago)

It's a fantastic word in a guttural, Anglo-Saxon kind of way.

I imagine that "cunt" will gradually be absorbed and accepted into everyday vernacular, like "fuck" and "shit".

― Ben Mott (Ben Mott), Saturday, 9 April 2005 10:03 (twenty years ago)

But what will the swurrwurds be then?

― Dave B (daveb), Saturday, 9 April 2005 11:12 (twenty years ago)

Roffle, LOL, pwned, etc.

― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 9 April 2005 11:29 (twenty years ago)

"Cunty bollocks"? Ew.

― happy fun ball (kenan), Saturday, 9 April 2005 12:52 (twenty years ago)

I use it with good mates, but no-one else. It still has the power to shock. cf. Derek and Clive!

― Crackity (Crackity Jones), Saturday, 9 April 2005 16:45 (twenty years ago)

Is all Derek and Clive that good?

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Saturday, 9 April 2005 16:51 (twenty years ago)

Yes, Derek & Clive is excellent. But for me at least the 'shocking' part of the passage above is the violence of it, and the use of the word cunt is part of what gives it comedy... although I guess you could make an argument that it is because the word adds to the level of outrageousness...

I was extremely surprised to note that nobody on any of the Pope threads repeated the Derek & Clive sketch about the dead Pope giving Peter Cook the horn (I was going to do so myself, but figured I'd be shot down in flames).

― emil.y (emil.y), Saturday, 9 April 2005 16:57 (twenty years ago)

By the way, I use the word cunt all the time, although it seems to be a much stronger attack (and have more misogyny attached to it) in the States.

― emil.y (emil.y), Saturday, 9 April 2005 16:59 (twenty years ago)

Yeah that sketch builds up the tension so well, especially with its presence on this thread, because you have a vague idea what is coming. When it does though, the unbridled violence and outrageousness takes your breath away (I mouthed OH. MY. GOD. and I'm not easily offended).

― Crackity (Crackity Jones), Saturday, 9 April 2005 17:03 (twenty years ago)

I think cunt is only offensive because of the hard C.

One problem I have is I have no idea what to call my partner's genitals during sex. I previously had been in relationships with a lot of sexual aggression so refering to it as a cunt was in line. But I feel silly calling it pretty much any name I have for it. Please help.

On an off topic note, how long has Aja been back?

― The Scottish Restauranteer (ex machina), Saturday, 9 April 2005 17:07 (twenty years ago)

A day.

― Aja (aja), Saturday, 9 April 2005 17:08 (twenty years ago)

How long has Nowell been back?

― Aja (aja), Saturday, 9 April 2005 17:09 (twenty years ago)

Seeing Aja and Nowell together is so weird...

― The Scottish Restauranteer (ex machina), Saturday, 9 April 2005 17:12 (twenty years ago)

although it seems to be a much stronger attack (and have more misogyny attached to it) in the States.

but it's just such a perfectly descriptive word -- there isn't another one in our language that conveys exactly what "cunt" does. i don't see it as a misogynist thing; men can be cunty too.

― jody the country girl doll (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 9 April 2005 17:12 (twenty years ago)

Seeing Aja and Nowell together is so weird...

-- The Scottish Restauranteer (j()nathan.william$@geeMaleDotCom), April 9th, 2005 11:12 AM.

Very.

I just realized you're Joh. Hello!

Girls using the word pussy just gets on my nerves sometimes. I mean, it makes me think of cute cats and the pussy their talking about is not cute.

― Aja (aja), Saturday, 9 April 2005 17:15 (twenty years ago)

sez you.

― happy fun ball (kenan), Saturday, 9 April 2005 17:17 (twenty years ago)

Women's Weekly: Sexuality discussed
By DULL KILL ROCK STARS FATTY
Published: Thursday, March 17, 2005

We've all heard the worn double-standard that boys who are sexually active are called "players" while girls are just "sluts," even if they have had the same number of sex partners.

The distressing thing about this belief is that while it may be tired, it still holds true. What usually fails to be brought into consideration is the larger argument - women and girls are not supposed to be sexual.

We are not allowed to have sexual gratification, not even through masturbation, according to society's norms. However, this claim tends to conflict with all the images we are being fed by the media.

We are being pulled in two different directions - one telling us that sex sells, and the other telling us that as women we are expected to be chaste.

Girls are starting to become sexually active at a younger age, sometimes even before they receive proper sex education, which has become less and less comprehensive due to the efforts of the current government.

The whole topic of female sexuality is so overwhelming because there is so much to say about it, and every facet seems so important and essential to the concept as a whole.

Back in the Victorian era, women were thought to be morally superior to men, so we had to lead others to a virtuous life by example.

Some of that is still seen today. Girls generally want their men to be a little more experienced than they are, while guys still stick to a slightly more virginal characteristic in women. As seen in the recent Kobe Bryant case, a girl's virginity can be a major point of contention in a rape case.

Boys are even allowed to masturbate more than girls are. It is completely acceptable for a guy to masturbate several times a week, but if a girl does it, then she is gross and unnatural. We are expected to either repress our urges or never get urges to begin with.

However, with shows like Sex and the City, women are more able to realize their sexuality.

The escapades of Miranda, Charlotte, Carrie and Samantha have renewed women's pride. The series showed how women's sexuality is nothing to be ashamed of, but instead should be embraced.

Unafraid to discuss masturbation or vibrators, they set out to - as Kim Cattrall's character, Samantha, puts it - "have sex like a man." Such an attitude empowers women in today's society.

The only complaint is that while they are praising singlehood, they all end up with someone at the end - the four protagonists ultimately find a man.

It's almost like saying that they are getting too old and it's time to settle down. We can only be loose for so long before it becomes too late and we are alone - except for our 163 cats.

Female sexuality is nothing to be ashamed of, although our Judeo-Christian-dominated society is telling us that sex is sinful and that we should feel guilty about our dirty thoughts.

Conversely, the media uses women as a gimmick to sell something. Women are not in control in those ads, and that is a problem - this other extreme is equally as unhealthy.

We need to find a happy medium as individuals, where we accept our sexuality but do not push ourselves past our comfort levels.

― The Scottish Restauranteer (ex machina), Saturday, 9 April 2005 17:19 (twenty years ago)

i don't see it as a misogynist thing; men can be cunty too.

Ah, see, the conversations I've had with other Americans about it always seemed to point to it being a term of abuse normally directed at women (a la bitch), whereas in the UK it's completely gender neutral. But if that's not the case, then I happily stand corrected.

I'm not a big fan of pussy, to be honest, perhaps because it just smacks of lame innuendo rather than a brazen honesty.

[cunty cunty cunty cunt]

― emil.y (emil.y), Saturday, 9 April 2005 17:24 (twenty years ago)

However, with shows like Sex and the City, women are more able to realize their sexuality.

Yeah, my girlfriend can only orgasm when Sarah Jessica Parker is doing a voiceover. Fortunately, we have Tivo.

― happy fun ball (kenan), Saturday, 9 April 2005 17:24 (twenty years ago)

http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/research/recording_head/pr/PerpendicularAnimation.html

― The Scottish Restauranteer (ex machina), Saturday, 9 April 2005 17:26 (twenty years ago)

sexism solved thanks to SATC. moderator pls lock thread, k thx bye

― Dave M. (rotten03), Saturday, 9 April 2005 17:26 (twenty years ago)

wrong thread xpost

― The Scottish Restauranteer (ex machina), Saturday, 9 April 2005 17:27 (twenty years ago)

oh and the author of the article is a senior women's studies major. WHAT HAS SHE BEEN LEARNING ABOUT FOR FOUR FUCKING YEARS OR IS SHE AS DENSE AS HER ROLLS OF HAMMY BANGS-FAN CHUB?

― The Scottish Restauranteer (ex machina), Saturday, 9 April 2005 17:28 (twenty years ago)

The whole topic of female sexuality is so overwhelming because there is so much to say about it, and every facet seems so important and essential to the concept as a whole.

This is a C paper at best.

― happy fun ball (kenan), Saturday, 9 April 2005 17:30 (twenty years ago)

SHE IS A WOMEN'S STUDIES MAJOR AT A TOP 50 UNIVERSITY. THIS IS INSANE.

― The Scottish Restauranteer (ex machina), Saturday, 9 April 2005 17:34 (twenty years ago)

For her final exam, she just shrugged. Got a big A.

― happy fun ball (kenan), Saturday, 9 April 2005 17:35 (twenty years ago)

wrong thread xpost

I thought you were trying to make a statement about women being on top.

― happy fun ball (kenan), Saturday, 9 April 2005 17:37 (twenty years ago)

i thought this thread was going to be about Creed.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Saturday, 9 April 2005 17:40 (twenty years ago)

ihttp://priskajuschkafineart.net/images/ms_cminus.jpg

― please don't write anything else ever, Saturday, 9 April 2005 17:48 (twenty years ago)

No, I think this is still true, for the most part.

As for me, I've always maintained that "pussy" is preferable to "cunt" because it sounds more like what it is. I like the combination of the plosive and the sibilant sounds, whereas "cunt" has little nuance.

― jaymc (jaymc), Saturday, 9 April 2005 17:59 (twenty years ago)

― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 9 April 2005 18:05 (twenty years ago)

"I like Thomas Jefferson because he did a lot of great things and also he is from Virginia like ME."

How is this a weak sentence, it has excellent comic timing AND capitalisation!!

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 9 April 2005 18:06 (twenty years ago)

I suspect one has to be of a certain age and nationality to get that one.

― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 9 April 2005 18:07 (twenty years ago)

I only know it because my grandfather loved "Gunsmoke." No offense, understand.

― happy fun ball (kenan), Saturday, 9 April 2005 23:35 (twenty years ago)

Joel Veitch's hedgehogs offer a few alternatives.

music from Bobby McFerrin, it so happens.

― neurothèque, Sunday, 10 April 2005 01:43 (twenty years ago)

I don't think cunt is gender neutral in the UK really - it's 95% used about men. But when it IS directed towards a woman, it probably has the same offensive power as in the states.

― Markelby (Mark C), Sunday, 10 April 2005 08:46 (twenty years ago)

95% used about men? Are you serious? I think we must have lived in different kinds of circles (which actually of course I know we have).

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 10 April 2005 12:09 (twenty years ago)

Cecily. Do you suggest, Miss Fairfax, that I entrapped Ernest into an engagement? How dare you? This is no time for wearing the shallow mask of manners. When I see a cunt I call it a cunt.

Gwendolen. [Satirically.] I am glad to say that I have never seen a cunt. It is obvious that our social spheres have been widely different.

― M. White (Miguelito), Sunday, 10 April 2005 16:30 (twenty years ago)

Yes, absolutely serious. I did go to a boy's school. But it's a word that my friends throw around with abandon about blokes, but to use it about/to a girl, you'd have to have one hell of a grievance.

― Markelby (Mark C), Sunday, 10 April 2005 18:41 (twenty years ago)

http://www.picturesofwalls.com/gallerypics/cunt.jpg

― anthony, Sunday, 10 April 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

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