What are your opinions on the word ‘C**t’?

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I censored it just in case the question gets deleted lol.

So this word is seen as one of the most offensive words you can use to the older generation (at least in America. The word is used way more frequently and not see as that bad in other countries)

however the younger generation uses the word all the time.

We especially use it in the gay community a lot. In gay slang, the word is used as a compliment. For example if someone is wearing a really cute outfit and they look good, you might say “You’re serving c**t right now!” Or “you’re looking c**ty!”

WhiteSteve · Accepted Answer

I never used to use it, it was just kind of neutral to me. I actually kind of laugh about the way women react to it, like it’s that one “record-needle scratching, whole room falls silent and stares at you in horror” word that you absolutely, positively can’t say around them.

I always found that a little ridiculous, like I could directly call them a bitch and they’d only be a little mad, but if I just SAID the word cunt, about anyone, or just neutrally, they’d be so offended they’d stop talking to me. It’s weird to see a word have that kind of stopping power when it’s never been a designated slur. N-words, F-words, I get it, there’s ugly history behind it. But when did we decide that the “C-bomb” was the Rubicon of cursing that you just can’t come back from?

I’ve tried to get explanations but I have yet to get a good one. They kind of fumble with it themselves and just start stammering like “it’s just…. just…you CANNOT say that word, it’s the worst.” Okayyyyyyy…. but you can’t tell me WHY?

So, knowing that and being a generally courteous person, I try not to go throwing it around in public, so as not to ruffle any female feathers.

BUT…. the last ten years or so, I’ve really gotten into it, myself, lmao. I don’t really know why. Nobody was really using it around me. I think in my mind I just hear a British Cockney accent going “Oi! Faackin’ CAAHNT!”, lmfao, and I’m just so charmed by it. And seeing that Brits and Aussies seem to be fine using it makes me feel like I have a leg to stand on if someone gets mad. I can act like they’re the ones who are uncultured and have just never seen the world😂😂😂

But yeah, I find myself using it A LOT to myself. Like “Fuckin’ CUNT” is my go-to verbal expression of frustration nowadays. I just try to be a little careful about saying it. I had the craziest debit card drop of all time at the self-checkout at a supermarket. I fumbled it, and it fell and slid PERFECTLY into some crevice of the machine, and I instinctively went “Fuckin’ CUNT!!!”, but realized an older lady was at the register next to me, and I was quickly like “I’m so sorry, ma’am, excuse my language” I think you’re a Rhody guy if I remember right, so maybe you’re close/familiar enough to Boston to understand when I tell you she was some trash bag from Quincy, lmfao, so I don’t think she cared, she was just trying to get back to her studio apartment where all her booze and OC’s are😂 (Got the card back for those at home hanging onto the enthralling story lmfao)

So…. yeah, I’m into cunt nowadays. My lady seems ok with it, she’s more put off by “moist”, a non-curse word🙄 But she watches all those Real Housewife shows, and I definitely remember years back one of the edgier Houswives was wearing a nameplate necklace that said “Cunty”, and the other women were doing the pearl-clutching and nearly fainting thing over it🙄😂

FunkyMonkee · Accepted Answer

Aaawwww, I just LOVE cunt!! Cunt is wonderful!! Cunt is great!! I just can't get enough of cunt!! Sir Richard Longfellow loves cunt, too!! It's so soft, warm and wet! Nice and cuddly inside!! I could stay in a cunt for hours!! Y'know, I used to live in a cunt!! I'd LOVE to go back in because, what I've got out here ain't fit for man nor beast!! It's almost torture!! It CERTAINLY falls under the category of, "cruelty"!

As for the word, cunt. I read a book about 15 years ago called, "Cunt". I agree with all but the last chapter or two. I don't see what's so bad about it! If your cursing, it gets al your aggressions out1! It's got that hard C at the start, the U in the middle to get a kind of screaming sound out, "AAAAAAA!!", so, THAT blows off a lot of steam and then you've got that hard NT sound to finish it and give it a definite ending.
There was a weather guy here back in the `90's that liked to call this area, "KD Country" because KD are the first two letters of his station and his broadcasts reach all over this area. One day, he was giving the weather and said, on live t. v., "KD Cunty". He didn't catch it right off until the camera crew started laughing. He started laughing but never said anything about it. Just ignored it like it never happened.

Anyway, of all the words used to describe that part of the body, cunt is the only one that doesn't have another meaning. Although, I have to wonder about, "twat". I don't think that has another meaning, either. I mean, like it says in, "Cunt", vagina is actually another word for, scabbard, which is the name of an object specifically designed to hold a knife or sword! Get the reference? Is your cunt specifically made to hold his sword (or Cub Scout pocket knife)? Feminazi's are so proud of their vaginas but have no idea what the word actually means. If I was a girl, I'd much rather call it a cunt! It's short, very sweet (and tasty) and isn't at all confusing! Dig! You've got girl named, Gina (pronounced, JEAN-ah). Then you add a VA to it. Now it's pronounced, "vah-JY-nah"? Then you tack on an AL to the end and, suddenly, it becomes, "VAA-je-nal"? If it's supposed to be "vah-JY-nah", shouldn't it become, "vah-JY-nal"? Nobody changes "Anus" to, "ANN-al"! As far as I'm concerned, it should be called, a "vah-JEAN-ah".
As kids, we used to switch the word, "can't" with the word, "cunt" just to secretly be able to say it out loud without getting into trouble for it. "I cunt! I just cunt do it!! I really cunt!! And you cunt make me!!"
My ex-fiance & I used to call her twat a cunt! Although, with her Indian accent, it was more like, "cuunt". I don't recall her EVER using the word, "vagina". At least not to describe her own!

purplepoppy · Accepted Answer

One of our welsh words for jellyfish (cont y môr) translate into "cunt of the sea" and in some northern towns cunt is a well known greeting.

But generally speaking it's considered one of the worst swear words and so best reserved for when you really need it less it loses effect.

Just remember,
Empires are run by emperors
Kingdoms by King's
And countries by cunts.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

It depends on the context. In the examples you mentioned, it's used more like playful banter. It would be different though, if someone said something like "you stupid c***t" or "that cunt" to refer to a girl. In this case it would be offensive and degrading.

abc3643 · Answer

Cent? I think it's a great word, but I miss the cent symbol.

¢

When I was a kid, it was on the same key as the @ symbol on a typewriter, I believe. Now, you never see it and it's a "special character".

1969 Smith Corona typewriter. The ¢ is under the @ on the right.

What are your opinions on the word ‘C**t’?

Skinhead-1979 · Answer

No issues with it.

The word Cunt does not have the same weight in the UK as it has in the US.

I call myself a Cunt; friends call each other Cunts; men call each other Cunts; females call each other Cunts; men and females call each other Cunts.

I think you get the picture 😉

It's just a nice, versatile word which has a nice ring to it

Kaneki05 · Answer

We don't censor that over here cause we aren't a bunch of cunts.
It's a funny word, just picture Billy Butcher everytime it's said and you'll find it funny if not something is actually wrong with you lol.

Julie_TS · Answer

Mehhh... don't use too much, but not offended by it either.

Obviously here in the US it's use is INCREDIBLY polarizing. However, in places like the UK & NZ the word is used much more often and without the same derogatory levels as the US.

DizzyDesii · Answer

I dont like that word nor the B word. One of my exes referred to a lot of women as the C word for literally no reason at all. He never called me that but it quickly became obvious that he really hated women smh. And my first boyfriend called me the B word whenever he got mad at me. I lose respect for those using those words towards men and women

SamIam96 · Answer

I didn't know about using the C word in the gay community.

To me the C word is one of the most vulgar in the language, not unlike the F bomb, but with negative connotations almost always directed towards women.

fwiw, I use the F bomb pretty often to express surprise and other things. English is a high context language. Intonation changes meaning. I don't remember the last time the C word passed my lips. It's so harsh.

RebelinSteel · Answer

It’s often used as a term of endearment between friends.
then there is the use of Can’t

Here in the UK it has a 102 uses, it can fit in well with sarcasm, however context is often key and timing. You can be a jammy cunt, a fucking cunt, or a combination, ‘oh my god you jammy fucking cunt’ often heard between two friends when one does something worthy of it. It’s also a card game.

ohsheeT · Answer

It's just the word and really words mean nothing. It's just like saying there buckeye Lulu doozy. Humphrey. . It only means something if you make it mean something whether you're saying it or hearing it it doesn't matter it means nothing there's bigger and better things to worry about

ChicoFromThe305 · Answer

Sounds like a name for a vegetable in another universe

AviatorTom · Answer

It's a word that some people use. I try not to get upset with words. Actions are more important. My mother used to use the N word, meaning nothing by it. One of her best friends was a black woman.

EmmaMary · Answer

Personally I consider it to be one of the most vile and disgusting words in anyone's vocabulary.

BetaBucks · Answer

It's just a word. No word bothers me. I'm aware that it can devastate someone, so I'm careful when I use it, like any other swear word.

thatkawaiiemogirly · Answer

I hate that word much! It's disgusting! It totally gives me bad vibes! It's so filthy! I avoid using that word at all cost!

TheLovelyIntrovert · Answer

I can't stand that word it makes my skin crawl and disgusted with anyone who uses it.

OfMiceandMen · Answer

Not a fan. It just seems like a low class term to me.

MemeSupreme · Answer

it can be gross or funny or im just neutral on it kinda depends on how it's used

avery58 · Answer

I never really considered it as offensive as it's supposed to be actually

Benjiman19 · Answer

Clit or cunt? Tbh, cunt is my favorite word and I love saying it. I can say cunt to just about anything.

Anonymous · Answer

Love it, one of my best friend's is corporal cnut which all started after he called me a bastard so I added to that with brigadier so we use either both names or interchange them when talking together depend on other present company

smahala1991 · Answer

I don’t use it, but I know in the UK it’s used widely and is viewed way differently than in the US

Kingofkings1992 · Answer

I’ve never heard it used as a compliment lol…. it’s arguably the most offensive word in the English language

handsomelad70 · Answer

Rather obviously pejorative to women, but in the U. K., but sexes are called that word.

LiamJHayden · Answer

To me it is one of the most offensive words in the English language.

Awantika03 · Answer

It's a word, it depends what people think in mind about it

ab2shifty · Answer

Couldn’t care less about it, but It can be funny in moments lol

call_me_scar · Answer

Just another word like fuck, dick, bitch

dustybiker2 · Answer

It just shows lack of education.

SweetDripp · Answer

It depends on context for me.

NathanDavis · Answer

that's just tacky

Bricealan · Answer

Low class, gutter talk

MicahRaine · Answer

I like "twat" more

DrPepper12 · Answer

Save it for special occasions and Karens.

Damcky · Answer

Doesn’t bother me at all.

Jay-_- · Answer

All vulgar language is vulgar language.

CupcakeTheDestroyer · Answer

It sure is a word

Account · Answer

No prob at all.

Agape93 · Answer

Doesn't bother me

Anonymous · Answer

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