The word 'cunt'

[Theroadtomandalay]

Why is it, 'cunt' is an accepted word to use when calling other people names?

I know that is not 'nice' to do so, but it seems like a 'non frowned upon' term to use in informal settings if someone is really really horrible.

I really don't get it! Why use a (very important) part of the female anatomy to insult someone.

For me it seems like the ultimate way to demean a woman's body, and I am so surprised, when other women use that word.
However, I am not from an english speaking country, so perhaps I am missing something- please enlighten me.

In the US, it's a misogynistic slur used almost exclusively against women and is very offensive. I'm American and I can honestly say that in the US I have only heard it spoken aloud two or three times in my lifetime.

@cuparfull

Only people of limited vocabulary swear.

My vocabulary isn't limited. It encompasses fluent profanities in multiple languages, all related to excretory processes and genitalia, its function, form and usage.

I could cunt people off in England, Ireland, Scotland, Cornwall, Sweden, Denmark, Japan, Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland, Albania and, if I had a time machine, Medieval England, the Danelaw, 1st Century Rome and Ancient Greece - and they would all understand exactly what I thought of them.

If cunt was a good enough word for Chaucer, it's good enough for me.

IMO the only word better than cunt is fuck! I find reality tv and lips that look like the owner has spent several hours giving mouth to mouth with a very angry wasp far more offensive😁 yet our tv screens are full of both at all hours of the day.

@Paperhatchat

In Glasgow it's practically a term of endearment!

It really isn’t, seriously why are People posting this shit.

I lived over three decades in Glasgow and go back regularly and the word cunt is not anymore prevalent than it is in England.

Scottish people, Glaswegians, do not run around calling everyone a cunt.

And honestly it’s not comical to suggest it is. Not any more than it is to suggest everyone in England and Ireland runs around calling everyone a cunt.

There is a type who does this. And it is not geographic. You find them in all four nations. No nation has more of them than another.

So just stop. It’s not funny and it’s offensive.

I've been known to utter the word cunt once or twice, I wonder what "type" that makes me?

@Bluntness100 no, it's offensive to you. I don't find it in the least bit offensive

I don’t use/like it partly because it sounds awful in my Yorkshire accent -and partly because I’ve had it screamed at me by scary men on more than one occasion because I was a woman with an opinion.

[quote Littleposh]@Bluntness100 no, it's offensive to you. I don't find it in the least bit offensive[/quote]
Quite! In my work i hear cunt frequently, doesn't bother me, I don't find it offensive and it's like white noise.

The only time I ever come across it is on here, I don't know anyone who abuses others with that word. It's vile.

In Glasgow it's practically a term of endearment!

It really isn’t, seriously why are People posting this shit.

It really, really is, it's not shit, nor is it offensive. I'm down in Glasgow regularly, I hear it all the time. Right now I'm up in north scotland and we use it as a term of endearment up here too.

I've also lived in England and haven't heard it used the same down there.

Even if you look on local scottish pages on facebook or scottish banter on Twitter vs their english counterparts you'll see a huge difference in the use of the word in frequency and meaning.

You may not like it, or maybe it isn't used in your particular social circle, but it is used, frequently.

I never use it, although I swear this is a word I just think is gross, not because its female but just because it is horrible

Why is it ok to call people twats, fannies, tits, arseholes, pricks, knobs, dicks, but "cunt" is taking it too far?

Try reading some Irvine Welsh op. You'll soon get used to the word cunt

its a fantastic word when wanker/dickhead/twat/fucknuts isnt quite enough. I do not use the word in every day life, but when referring to certain people its the only one which packs enough punch. (Ex, I am looking at you)

I do not associate with the female anatomy at all.

Somehow dick, prick, cock, knobhead don't sound nearly as insulting as cunt. They seem quite light hearted, whereas there is nothing light hearted about the word cunt.

As a man I would never use the c word. But women seem to have taken it back.

A bit like black people taking back the n word I guess.

I'd be happier in a world without both words.

@cuparfull

Only people of limited vocabulary swear.

LOL. I guess you class yourself as better than James Joyce then, do ya? Only snobbish cunts believe things like that.

In Glasgow it's practically a term of endearment!

Garbage. Never heard it used in this way in normal circles.

Agree the F work has been used for decades as a descriptive term/complement (F'n gorgeous, F'n great etc), but no way the C word.

whereas there is nothing light hearted about the word cunt.

Depends how you say it I suppose. ‘Oi cuntflaps, where’s my cup of tea?’ Can be quite lighthearted in my house. I think there is a juxtaposition which makes it humorous to some people. For example; say it obviously joking to someone you know well about something trivial is different to yelling it outside down the street at a stranger.

Cock. Wanker. Dick. Cunt

Now... that was cathartic

Garbage. Never heard it used in this way in normal circles

Agree, some bullshit on here, don’t get me wrong there is a demographic who uses the term regularly, just as there is in England. And if some posters hear it a lot then they are mixing with or are that demographic. Likely why they use it and don’t find it offensive.

The general population though? Not remotely.

I hate the word. It is the only one I will call out. Some people like to use it because they think it makes them edgy, some because they are from an area is it commonly used. It is deeply unpleasant. It is rare to hear it on TV, even after the watershed and when used it is done in a quite specific way, so to pretend it’s just like other swear words in most places is incorrect.

I’m from Glasgow. I hear it constantly. Any cunt got a lighter? There’s some cunt on the phone for you? He’s a cheeky cunt. He’s a good cunt blush awful really but I don’t bat an eyelid about the word although I don’t use it much

I lived with a Glaswegian, she had the most imaginative uses for the word. Most memorable is “that guy dances like a c**t” This led me to ask how exactly one does that, which led my other flat mate to demonstrate how one would.

@HolyForkinShirt

its a fantastic word when wanker/dickhead/twat/fucknuts isnt quite enough. I do not use the word in every day life, but when referring to certain people its the only one which packs enough punch. (Ex, I am looking at you)

I do not associate with the female anatomy at all.

I think its a brilliant word. You can put so much feeling into spitting it out. Really annunciate the T at the end to show how fuming you are.

Or jokingly call the vac one when it gets blocked for the 3rd time. Really very versatile.

Has H M Queen suggested you post this thread? I haven't been to one of her Garden Parties (yet) but I understand that the language soon deteriorates to that only usually heard in the mess rooms of the Ark Royal unless Prince Philip can step in and move HM away. I believe it was even worse when Queen Mum was around and she located the key to the Gin Safe.
Happy Days

I am from Glasgow and if someone calls you a cunt....someone else usually quick as a flash will say..."he's not a cunt...a cunt is useful"