God bless the goddamn Onion

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i don't think it was ever incredibly rude, it was more coy/twee than anything else and now just seems outdated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

from what i can tell britishers use it way more often and often male-to-male; it sort of reminds me of odd future's "fa----" use or when dumb ass kids use the n-word with each other. it's pretty stupid but, you know, britishers. in america it's RARELY used and i guess ime used against women more often, which is why it's so gasp-inducing when it is used

oh didn't see DJ mencap's post

I have an interesting cunt story!

Let's just say the last time I saw someone call a little girl a cunt, she got her clock cleaned by said little girl's mother immediately thereafter.

fellas can be called cunts and it's not a big deal (but it can be), but callin a woman a cunt is Baf Word territory. We all do it over here, i'm not gonna put a figure of 90-10 on it like me uk chums, but you'd know the difference alright.

Bad Word obv, phone keyboard's cuntish

See because calling a woman a cunt seems odd to start with, I take the Onion's tweet as funny at least on the "it is clearly completely ridiculous to call a sweet little child a cunt" angle, which has been mentioned above.

But then I feel weird because I realise my logic could be used to defend rape or racism jokes, which I would never do.

Though the Onion has certainly had rape and racism jokes.

Thats true. Somehow they work their satire in a way that shocks but doesn't offend, I dont know how to phrase it. There've been times I have gone "omg this is DARK and HORRIBLE" at their stuff but still admired it.

there have been a bunch of times when I've thought they've gone too far, but this wasn't one of them tbh.

http://www.theon1on.com/

I think it's more if someone specifically uses "cunt" in anger about a woman, it really stands out. I'd even say that it's never really used in the jokey way about women, not in my experience in uk/ireland.

With men it could be used in all sorts of ways, with the right adjective even as a term of endearment.

Well, you'd be wrong. I mean, I accept that I have what Americans might call a potty mouth, but I use it all the time to anyone. I have no qualms about calling someone a dick or a prick, why would I have any qualms about calling them a cunt?

As for the original piece, I can't even believe this is causing controversy. FFS it was a pretty obvious extension of commentary, it's just some countries seem to be extremely weird about one specific term...

Women calling other women cunts is more common and acceptable for sure, though still not par for the course, and ime never in a joking/friendly way - usually more in a bringing out the big guns way

K3vin how in the world is British people saying cunt remotely equivalent to str8 kids saying faggot o_0