The 'c' word

I'm interested in why "fuck" is v bad (second worst swearword here) and "bugger" which you'd have thought should be worse, is really very mild.

Anyone got any ideas?

Or just, language use is not consistent or logical.

Meh, it's not something I can get worked up about.

To me it's the same as calling you a dickhead, dick, bellend etc....but then I know I've got pretty thick skin.

Lol! In case you missed it...

“Was the effect you were hoping for trying too hard show-off; best ignored?”

“Attention seeking teenager”?

Plus I like to shock by dropping it in polite company. I’m quite well spoken which adds to the effect

Was the effect you were hoping for trying too hard show-off; best ignored?

It’s not restricted to just women over here either. It’s still misogynist. And i’m pretry sure that calling a child a cunt is unacceptable everywhere......

What sort of person looks at a child, no matter how badly behaved and thinks, let alone says "cunt" about them?

lol obviously it's misogynistic!

A woman's vagina is the most awful unspeakable thing there is.

I mean I use it from time to time (I'm very sweary and sometimes the feminism gets squished in the moment) but it literally means vagina and is, as mentioned, the strongest swear word available in the UK.

I always find it interesting that "fuck" is v rude but "bugger" is pretty mild, I mean all of it is inconsistent. And v interesting to look at from a feminist pov

A particularly pornsoaked ex once said "I don't get it. My ex hated me saying it but it's not like I'm saying a lady's front bottom is a terrible thing!"

Cognitive dissonance

I think it's vulgar and disrespectful to call anyone a C*t or a T*t.

C is the worst. I can't help but judge people who use it.

You don’t see anything misogynist in the fact that the worst possible profanity is a word for women’s genitals? The worst thing a man can call another man is a vagina?

I don’t see it as remotely misogynist. It’s the worst of the profanities which is why I use it. As a previous poster said, well timed it can stop traffic.

There aren’t many words with that power these days.

Plus I like to shock by dropping it in polite company. I’m quite well spoken which adds to the effect.

Long live the C Bomb!

It’s not restricted to just women over here either. It’s still misogynist. And i’m pretry sure that calling a child a cunt is unacceptable everywhere......

BertrandRussell

It’s not restricted to just women over here. In fact I’ve called a fair few children cunts before (under my breath or behind their backs of course).

“I know in America it's a misogynist term but in the UK it's used to describe everyone,”
Sorry? What on Earth do you mean?

tarz

Im the same, wouldn't say the N word

FIL once used it in front of the children and i did have to tell him that its not a word he should be using

A particular favourite :)

I would never utter the n-word though, and would always asterisk it to n**ger.

Was quite shocked to see it written out in full on here : /

And just to be clear and inclusive, if you don’t have your own cunt or one you share, you can celebrate other people’s cunts. Yay for cunts everywhere!

My Mum uses the word 'cuntish' as in, 'that was a really cuntish thing to do'.

Cunt is one of my favorite words. It really flows off the tongue. I use it all the time, especially when alone in my car screaming at traffic and in cognito with some simile of stupid. But I am Australian.

I don’t care if you like it or not, OP. It’s a word. It has meaning and application. Mumsnet is a forum for adults. We can use any words we like, without stars or any other silly substitutions. If you don’t like particular words, you don’t have to use them. I love my cunt but I don’t want anyone to behave like a cunt or be cuntish. Off now to show my beautiful cunt how much I love and appreciate it’s sensitivity and adaptability. Everyone who has a cunt should celebrate it, and spread
the word far and wide.

This is me :)

I'm sorry but it's my favourite word, and I don't like it when people get upset about it. I know in America it's a misogynist term but in the UK it's used to describe everyone, and I sometimes use it as a term of endearment.

Mumsnet please don't ban it.

stripe may I remind you what you said about me?

Sorry, have to disagree that it isn’t used as term of affection in Scotland - it might not be in your circles, but it is in many (no doubt those considered beneath you)

Your comment about "considered beneath you" was intended to be insulting about me.