The C word...

wilkie2006 · 24-06-2012 11:23PM #1

No, I don't mean cancer, I mean the other C word. That's right, the rude one.

I probably bandy this about a bit too much but was pretty surprised when a friend of mine flipped at me in the pub for saying it about someone. It wasn't that they knew each other, my friend just felt that the word was disrespectful to women. I explained that I use it liberally and without gender discrimination but she wasn't having any of it.

I can't remember ever using this to describe a lady's part (and very rarely hear it being used as such) so I maintain that it's just another rude word. Whatever about its etymology, in popular parlance - when spoken about someone - it doesn't mean anything except a very grave insult.

What are other boards users' feelings about this? Is it offensive to women or is it just another "bad word"? Would you ever use it or is it a big "no no"?

EDIT: As it stands, the poll seems to be 5:1 saying the word's okay but there are 11 people who don't care for it. What exactly is offensive about it? Is it its sound, its original meaning, its ferocity? I'm just really curious as to what exactly people don't like about it

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 24-06-2012 11:24PM

call someone a dick in her company, if she doesn't flip out then call her a **** for being such a hypocrite

solerina · 24-06-2012 11:25PM

I hate hate hate that C word !!!

girl in the striped socks · 24-06-2012 11:26PM

I use it freely. It's reserved for people I hate.

wilkie2006 · 24-06-2012 11:26PM

solerina wrote: »

I hate hate hate that C word !!!

What exactly is it that you dislike so much, though?

brummytom · 24-06-2012 11:27PM

solerina wrote: »

I hate hate hate that C word !!!

You meant cunt?

Galwayguy35 · 24-06-2012 11:27PM

I'm guilty of using the c word a lot, and the f word as well. It's just a habit.

Merkin · 24-06-2012 11:27PM

It's a bad bad word but I think permissable to use it when someone is a bad bad person. It still holds shock value for me but I do think quite a lot of people are cnuts so probably use it more liberally than I should

Madam_X · 24-06-2012 11:28PM

Constantly use it. I don't see how it's offensive to women - I never associate it with ladybits unless in that context, same with all other swear-words and their original meanings.

Sunnyisland · 24-06-2012 11:28PM

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

Coconut....

mikemac1 · 24-06-2012 11:28PM

English gangster films would not work without it ya fackin cant

alphabeat · 24-06-2012 11:29PM

only c.unts hate the word c.unt

shopaholic01 · 24-06-2012 11:29PM

It's just another curse word. I'm female and I often call people a c*unt and have no problem if it's said to me - it's all just banter.

I hate the word clit though, but it doesn't offend me. Some people are too pc these days.

Dunny · 24-06-2012 11:30PM

Bunch of cocks

Suryavarman · 24-06-2012 11:31PM

Personally I think it is the most vulgar of all the "bad words".

I still use it regularly though.

alphabeat · 24-06-2012 11:31PM

only ***** hate the word ****

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E_7q4hzWFc

davetherave · 24-06-2012 11:31PM

Chocolate? Yeah it's okay. Better calling them that than calling them naggers.

The Big Red Button · 24-06-2012 11:31PM

I don't use it that much, but it doesn't offend me at all ... I honestly don't understand why some people find it so offensive compared to any other swear word.

Lord Bafford · 24-06-2012 11:32PM

Why pussy foot about with this c-word ****e? :rolleyes:

CUNT!

That's better. :P

Archeron · 24-06-2012 11:36PM

Lord Bafford wrote: »

Why pussy foot about with this c-word ****e? :rolleyes:

CUNT!

That's better. :P

And thats the last thing I see before I go asleep.

3hn2givr7mx1sc · 24-06-2012 11:41PM

It's such an amazing word. It has an oomph factor to it that no other swear word has.

newmug · 24-06-2012 11:41PM

I've no problem with it whatsoever. I never even knew it was meant to describe lady parts until I watched Saturday Night Fever a few years ago. I think its about as relevant for that description nowadays as a "yahoo" is to describe political dissidents. (You cannot call someone a yahoo in the dail!)

languagenerd · 24-06-2012 11:43PM

I think it's stronger than fuck or shit. I don't use it at all, although some of my friends use it very frequently. It doesn't offend me if others say it though (unless they're calling me one :P).

I think I only ever said it once in my entire life - when my brother was driving me mental when I was about 10 (I had no idea what it meant, I'd just heard some of the other kids say it). I can still remember how upset/offended he looked... and have never used it since

I just don't really like the sound of the word. Fuck or bollocks work better for me!

PucaMama · 24-06-2012 11:52PM

Onixx wrote: »

Constantly use it. I don't see how it's offensive to women - I never associate it with ladybits unless in that context, same with all other swear-words and their original meanings.

it doesnt matter what you associate it with. everyone knows what it realy means.

wilkie2006 · 24-06-2012 11:54PM

PucaMama wrote: »

it doesnt matter what you associate it with. everyone knows what it realy means.

But does everyone associate it what it really means? I mean, language evolves. Has this word's real meaning faded into the background?

DB10 · 24-06-2012 11:56PM

I use it alot. Supposedly your not meant to say it in front of Americans, they get very offended, has a more stronger meaning over there I think.

Cookie_Monster · 25-06-2012 12:00AM

it's a great word, mainly cos so many people hate it and overreact to it - makes it even funnier.

El Siglo · 25-06-2012 12:04AM

I use it a lot as well, it's a brilliant word especially when Paulie Gualtieri says it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVb6eEX00Qs

Novella · 25-06-2012 12:07AM

It doesn't bother me at all but it's not a word I use.

Madam_X · 25-06-2012 12:08AM

PucaMama wrote: »

it doesnt matter what you associate it with. everyone knows what it realy means.

Oh but that's not gonna stop me from using it ya see. Not sure it has a real meaning anyway - swear words are imbued with lots of meanings, unlike a noun such as e.g. book, which is pretty objective.

wilkie2006 · 25-06-2012 12:13AM

Onixx wrote: »

Oh but that's not gonna stop me from using it ya see. Not sure it has a real meaning anyway - swear words are imbued with lots of meanings, unlike a noun such as e.g. book, which is pretty objective.

Cnut's a noun too, though. I think its proper meaning is very objective for most people.

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