To me, the word "cunt" is as offensive as the "N-word" is to black people. It's a word that's exclusively directed at my gender and has no relevance to any personal characteristics other than being a woman. It's basically saying all a woman is is her vagina, like saying all a black person is is the color of their skin. (Before I get 10,000 responses about other examples, it's just a common one people hear. I know there are other oppresive words besides "cunt" and the "N-word" (I don't like saying it. Or typing it. It's rude.) No need to give me alllll the other similar words.) But anybody can be a dumbass, or a bastard, or a fuck face. Words like cunt are meant as derogatory statements towards women alone. Yes, you can say it to a man, but when you do, you're comparing him to a woman in a way that's meant to insult him...and what does that say about how you feel about women?
Alright alright.... you don't have to be a cunt about it
jk Sorry I couldn't help it
There's a comedian I like, british guy, who was talking about how the word cunt has a dirtier connotation in America than it does in the UK. IT doesn't always have something to do with women. Guys call each other cunts all the time apparently. Like april (i think) brought up a while back, someone might say 'I'm gettin cunted tonight!' to say I'm getting fucked up tonight, or 'I drank too much last night...I'm feelin cunted', meaning I feel like shit.
Maybe a Uk'er can confirm and correct the lingo? I think I'm pretty close though.
In French it means idiot. It was used by
Chaucer in his Canterbury Tales. Shakespeare played with the the word cunt int a few of his plays (gotta love wikipedia).
It's poetic is what it is...
I can't find the clip I was talking about but here's the comedian.
"I fake orgasm because if I don't the woman will take it personally, and she'll feel like she did something wrong. Woman fake orgasm because....I don't
KNOW why. I don't GIVE a shit. I've made other women cum, if you don't cum don't blame me. Your cunts broken."
[video=youtube;1jaiMzLhliA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jaiMzLhliA[/video]