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  • 25-06-2013 8:27pm
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    T-Maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 3,128 ✭✭✭


    Do you find the term "cúnt" (often spelled in different ways for obvious reasons) offensive?

    Personally I find it hugely offensive, yet it seems to be quite acceptable on boards.ie nowadays.

    Do you find the word "****" offensive? 48 votes

    Yes
    0% 0 votes
    No
    100% 48 votes


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    KeithM89
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,557 ✭✭✭KeithM89


    Cunts?
    Is it cunts?
    I love cunts


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    Clandestine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭Clandestine


    Depends on the context


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    entropi
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 21,730 Mod ✭✭✭✭entropi


    That ****, yeah them asterisks get on my nerves alright.


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    Larianne
    Registered Users Posts: 35,954 ✭✭✭✭Larianne


    Do you mean ***** or ****?

    ***** is offensive to me, **** is not as it's not in my vocabulary so makes no odds to me.


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    TheBody
    Registered Users Posts: 5,619 ✭✭✭TheBody


    I hate &$!*% myself.


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    Doctor Strange
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭Doctor Strange


    entropi wrote: »
    That ****, yeah them asterisks get on my nerves alright.

    http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m26mlp80PI1rnk2nto1_500.png?


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    hfallada
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,180 ✭✭✭hfallada


    I have heard it used in a positive way. Like your a mad ****. But use it in the uk and they have no idea what to say


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    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Work?


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    #10
    Panthro
    Registered Users Posts: 14,684 ✭✭✭✭Panthro


    * can be a bit of a wildcard symbol IMO.


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    #11
    T-Maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 3,128 ✭✭✭T-Maxx


    Bit of a **** fail there.:o

    Fixed now but can't fix the poll though.


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    minidazzler
    Registered Users Posts: 14,739 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    I don't find it offensive, and I honestly don't care if people find it offensive. It's a word I use a lot, and to take offense is just stupid.


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    Ruudi_Mentari
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,801 ✭✭✭Ruudi_Mentari


    Is somehow more piercing than prìck, for instance.


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    Riddle101
    Registered Users Posts: 8,378 ✭✭✭Riddle101


    I use it in a derogatory sense, so yes I do believe it is offensive. Towards the person I'm calling a c*nt.


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    Senna
    Registered Users Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    If you find it offensive, then your a ****


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    Ruudi_Mentari
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,801 ✭✭✭Ruudi_Mentari


    I think there's more feeling in it :o


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    Teyla Emmagan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭Teyla Emmagan


    Isn't being offensive kind of the point of the word?


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    pharmaton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭pharmaton


    I used to be a bit touretty and **** was one of my favourites.
    I'm cured now though


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    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Although I clicked YES in your poll I don't find it too offensive, more so crude and I try not use it myself.

    Although funny enough I don't mind using the word 'prick' to describe a prick.


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    FishFacePhil
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭FishFacePhil


    No. Not in the slightest. Americans and Canadians find it offensive, and I think thats because it has a different meaning in those countries. There it refers to a female in a negative way. Here it just means guy or person. Aussies use the word the same way we do.


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    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,409 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    T-Maxx wrote: »
    Do you find the term "cúnt" (often spelled in different ways for obvious reasons) offensive?

    Personally I find it hugely offensive, yet it seems to be quite acceptable on boards.ie nowadays.

    C unt with a fada is a bit Irish.


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    crazy cabbage
    Registered Users Posts: 738 ✭✭✭crazy cabbage


    depends on who is calling you a ****. If a friend call me a ****ing **** wanker ****** prick **** **** i wouldn't be offended. That is how most of them show affection.

    If a random stranger or someone said the same though....


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    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,294 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    I personally find it quite offensive, and this is dispite my thoughts for it changing due to its increased use of it lately.

    I used to find it extremely offensive, and would never use it, and would even request of close friends and family not to use it. But I suppose with alot of offensive words and pharses they slowly become accepted overtime. Saying all of that, would only use it to describe the absolute dregs of society, and would never use it on someone I know, or to someones face, either as a joke or to offend.


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    Pumpkinseeds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,635 ✭✭✭Pumpkinseeds


    It used to be the real taboo of swear words/insults, for when you were really irate about someone or something. Now it's as common as fcuk is, no pun intended. It's very vulgar and coarse, as my dead granny would have put it.


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    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    Used to be indifferent to it, but the Trinity Killer in Dexter changed my perception of the word forever


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    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    Gee, now that's a funny word.


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    Skill Magill
    Registered Users Posts: 2,568 ✭✭✭Skill Magill


    Ruudi_Mentari wrote: »
    Is somehow more piercing than prìck, for instance.
    And we all know how piercing a prick can be


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    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users Posts: 9,167 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    pharmaton wrote: »
    I used to be a bit touretty and **** was one of my favourites.
    I'm cured now though

    How did you get cured?


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    Senna
    Registered Users Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    I call my (male) boss a **** fairly regularly, not sure why that word, it just suits him:D. Another member of staff would get Prick regularly and another individual gets bastard. I like to pick an offensive word to suit their personality.


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    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    ;) What starts with a 'C', ends with a 'T', and is hairy on the outside and moist on the inside? ..










    Coconut.... :D:confused:


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    Archeron
    Registered Users Posts: 6,167 ✭✭✭Archeron


    Wankybollix.


    This thread is fun.


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