Use of the C**t word

[Kintsugi16]

I wasn’t sure the word cunt was allowed in the title. Anyway.

I see this word being used more and more on forums and in general conversation. It was once shocking but is now becoming more acceptable.

Do posters, many who identify has feminists, not have a problem using a word for female genitalia as a derogatory term?

For me if you're swearing at someone and with aggression it is offensive. If you're using it in conversation or as a joke it is fine but i do like a good swear 🤣 i don't really associate any of it with genitalia. If i say someone is a fanny or a fud I'm not actually likening them to a vagina. Bawbag is another good one in Scotland

I can see no reason why it's worse than dick, prick etc. I do use it, but definitely less liberally than fanny, twat or fud which are all terms of endearment. Slag is a really nasty word I would never use though.

@NewYearNewTwatName

no, no problem using it.

I once filled the whole of active with Cunt in all the titles.

Yes it was silly of me and quite childish really, but it was after a heated debate on the word cunt.

Was that you?

I remember being quite cheered by it.

That and Germaine Greer on Balderdash reclaiming the word cunt for all women

CuriousaboutSamphire

OMG someone remembers! Yes it was quite a awhile ago now, I've changed account since then, thanks to Jeffery, and also always forgetting my password and obscure email account

I've changed name too. But yes, I remember waiting, watching and cheering it on... and sniggering 😁

I use to name change regularly, but I'm stuck with this one since last year , because I forgot my MN password again, and the password for the email that's not connected to anything 🙈

No. It’s a lovely word.

It's a shame it's lost its shock value.

I need to find a new massively offensive swearing word 🙁

Why anyone would want to even say that word is beyond me,lower than gutter language,& makes the person who uses it an absolute moron,who cannot think of anything more disgusting to say

I’m female and I use it. I’m Scottish though and sometimes it’s used in jest

I used to avoid it but I use it now - but only to describe those who truly deserve it

Not bothered about that word, don't tend to use it as it's a bit more harsh-sounding for some reason. I say it jokingly sometimes

... and yet the word 'moron' is somehow acceptable!

I once filled the whole of active with Cunt in all the titles.

Absolutely classic. Agree it was childish, but childish gets a pass if it’s damn funny.

Never ever use it. It is vile.

However, there is a difference between using is 'as punctuation' as a user said above, and calling a woman a c*t. The former is ok (just not to my taste), but the latter is horrible.

It's my favourite word with four letters.

@Gobbycop

It's a shame it's lost its shock value.

I need to find a new massively offensive swearing word 🙁

Yeah baby!

Gobbycop, working on the premise that the OP will be okay with this (they do seem quite open-minded) let's try to come up with something as you suggest!

Hmmm, this is gonna be a tricky one.......

Cunt is my fave thing to say to dickhead blokes in an exasperated sigh. Swiftly followed by

"...Sorry, didnt mean to call you a cunt - a cunt has far more depth and warmth. I meant something useless..."

Means I get to say it alot 😁

Oh. Just had a WhatsApp with a friend who lives in a little village in the English cuntryside (see that one) to get her take.

She seems to feel that for her 'cunt' isn't as bad as 'bitch'. She finds bitch more demeaning ie being referred to as a female dog just really useful for breeding.

So how about this for a new word.....

Bitchcunt

I prefer cockwomble. Not really a fan of cu next Tuesday .

It's a fantastic word