God bless the goddamn Onion

everytime i think of the us use of it, i'm reminded of that alleged john mccain freakout at his wife.

US usage of it always makes me think of Patrick Bateman for some reason

anyway, wd the poor kid probly have been unaware of this if the commentocracy hadn't gone crazy blogshit over it?

that's the environment in which it was released tho, regardless of whether it's perceived as good or bad, it was clearly designed to get a reaction.

oh i think it was v crass don't get me wrong i'm just noting the amplificatory properties of concern commenters

Ehh, every joke is designed to get a reaction, I'm not sure that in the place the writer was at, it was supposed to ignite the internet.

Motherfucker is used quite a lot in the UK, but if it's a white person saying it then 80% of the time they're consciously thinking of Samuel L Jackson while they say it.

yeah, it wasn't so much joke not designed to get reaction, more onion + twitter + cunt + child = c'mon. but agree that noisy fussing has never done any good whether its yr local rotary club or the twitterglob.

Lex otm about English usage of the word. I use it too much day to day I think.

Are Americans REALLY touchy about it? That bit in Curb when the guy has therapy because Larry calls him a cunt etc.

Definitely. It is seen as much cruder and shocking than it seems to be anywhere else. Not sure of the reasoning behind it.

The American pronunciation is much more...forceful?

omg "most beloved *unt" episode is all-time

seconding the poster up there a little saying they'd like to read an article (book even?) about the history/geography of its taboo-ness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=znYJXIw2UKw

all you need to know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znYJXIw2UKw

I called my co-worker a cunt last week. Not to her face but to another co-worker/friend because I was angrier at her than I can remember being at anyone else in recent time. The friend I said it to got all offended and said she hated that word so I had to apologize and explained that I rarely use it and then I felt bad. There's my super interesting cunt story for you.

Do not take that last line out of context please.

c-word here almost as shocking as n-word. In some situations, more shocking, which is perhaps why it's making a resurgence. Shockers gotta shock, etc.

I'd say that British people use 'pussy' less frequently than 'cunt'. Somehow, the blanket US dread of the word does not cover my mom's house - where we say it A LOT to annoy my sister.

There's a ballot poll somewhere in here.

Are You Being Served? has probably killed 'pussy' for another generation or so yet.

I never knew how bad "cunt" is supposed to be because NOBODY ever says it, because it is that bad.

kind of think that this is a word if used in an actual sexual context would be dirty enough to actually still be dirty

there are some words tha t people feel very emotional about - like fuck - but why - the future will be fucky - fuck will finally be allowed in all places

kind of think that this is a word if used in an actual sexual context would be dirty enough to actually still be dirty

Yeah. Try prefacing it with the word "boi."

haha

is "fanny" still incredibly rude in the UK?

I didn't realize it was any more offensive than fuck, certainly not on the same par as nword.

I mean, I've heard dudes in the bar call each other cuntface before. I mean, c'mon. If that's supposed to be the second-most offensive word in America, it's news to me.

i don't think it was ever incredibly rude, it was more coy/twee than anything else and now just seems outdated

xp

xp I'm arguing it's the first-most offensive.

To the extent that "some would argue" some people get to use the n-word. Whereas no one gets to use the c-word.

what about this crowd >>> thread of ballroom chants, vogueing beats, and associated cuntiness (MikeQ, B. Ames, Vjuan Allure, Jay Karan, etc.)

Nah, 'fanny' is, and I say this as someone with four brothers but no sisters, what parent's get their daughters to call their privates - 'willy' is the male equivalent.

I think.

I have kown two girls from the same greater london sphere who called it a 'minnie' - how localized is that?

*known

Mingey were the borogoves

Cunt is def ~the worst word~ in Eng (Scotland is a diff matter)

yeh but in scotland swearing is often more of an expressive form than a serious means of being offensive. cunt would probably be the worst word but only on a plane where cuss words generally don't mean very much.

also in scotland 'fanny' is still in common use as a fairly general insult.

I've got a teacher friend in the Brighton area who got asked in class what sort of car she drove and all the girls apparently cracked up when she told them she had a Mini.

Fanny I only ever use as a fairly mild term of abuse in the same way that you might call someone a plonker.

"fanny" is a verb. it's kind of like "to tip" or "to open a bottle"

I still think the c-word is exceptionally powerful...I reckon if you were having a row with someone and were accused flat out of being a cunt you'd struggle to find something to come back with, no?

What's a plonker?

somewhere between a fanny and a doowally.

xp Nah, that's where 'suppurating testicular chancre' comes in.

A plonker is a knob is a willy is a todger is a tool is a cock.

that's such an unnuanced way to think of our beautiful rich language.

iirc plonker is an onomatopoeia for Tommy Lee's genetalia

do yiddish loan words for weeners get albionized in ways they don't in the US? like schvantzadilly circus or dorkadello road?

I still think the c-word is exceptionally powerful...I reckon if you were having a row with someone and were accused flat out of being a cunt you'd struggle to find something to come back with, no?

In an angry context yeah but equally you could say offhandedly of someone "oh he's such a cunt" without it being an expression of deep hatred. We all have That Friend, right?

Prick vs dick vs cock vs pussy vs cunt vs twat, all have different connotations and i love them for it

Several of my (female) friends have recently used it as a descriptor of my (female) roommate. I didn't/wouldn't use it myself, but I didn't disagree. Which is weird, because I almost certainly would've been all vehemently "whoa, whoa" if the friends in question were male.

I KNEW it was all an elaborate sham!

http://www.theonion.com/articles/bob-dylan-lays-off-2000-workers-from-songwriting-f,31407/

Calling someone a twat is funny. Using it to describe genitalia is ... gross.

a dude I knew in high school did a few times and I was just like... ugh