Wordie: Cunt: Comments

Comment by rolig, 3 months ago

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:09:42 +0000

The Slovene equivalent of this word, pizda, is used on a daily basis, far more than the common word for the male organ, kurec. Everyone says "pizda", even sometimes on television. It serves the same purpose as the American "fuck" or "shit" in sentences like, "Oh fuck, I forgot my keys!" Even women say "pizda" without batting an eye. I was shocked when I first moved here because I kept translating the word in my head, but now I'm used to it, though I never say it myself.

Comment by yarb, 3 months ago

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:54:46 +0000

And all their damn fool questions 'tell me Peter,
what do you write about?' (cunts like you, mate)...

- Peter Reading, Soirée, from The Prison Cell & Barrel Mystery, 1976

Comment by skipvia, 7 months ago

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:56:34 +0000

Comment by muamor, 7 months ago

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:43:12 +0000

Sweetest taboo? Maybe English speaking world just doesn't know how to use the word imaginatively, like for example the Italians use figa. Or The Spanish use coño. Not to mention The Finns and their favourite word, the v-word vittu.

Other variations: cunte, counte, Middle English; kut, The Netherlands; kunta, Old Norse; queynthe Middle English; qwim, sixteenth century England; chuint, Ireland; kus, Arabic & Hebrew.

Some etymologists think it derives from words, queen, country or cunning - cunnende. What it comes to the root, cu, it is said to signify 'quintessential physical femininity´.

Catherine Blackledge: The story of V.

Comment by kewpid, 11 months ago

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:09:14 +0000

Not a listener of the Savage Lovecast are you lalala?

Comment by lalala, 11 months ago

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:27:01 +0000

I find the notion that the word 'cunt' is considered offensive bizarre. Cunts are warm, deep & delightful - you should only call someone a cunt if they have these characteristics.

Comment by npydyuan, about 1 year ago

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:31:50 +0000

Also related to coney or cunny.

Comment by deliriumslibrarian, about 1 year ago

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:26:30 +0000

Not only quaint, but also kind and kenning - the roots give new meaning to the branches.

Comment by verbiwhore, about 1 year ago

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:10:33 +0000

Definitely one of my favorite words. Even today, where words that were once considered taboo and deeply offensive are used, in many instances, in our day to day language, the word cunt has managed to retain its shock value, and can still illicit a very visceral reaction.

Comment by stpeter, about 1 year ago

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:20:26 +0000

Yet this shocking word is cognate with quaint. Odd, eh?

Comment by jrsperry, about 1 year ago

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:48:05 +0000

What a fantastic, descriptive word. I don't get to use it very often, but it is an absolute pleasure when I do.

Comment by seanahan, about 1 year ago

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 08:12:54 +0000

Good note Pathar. I can't think of a word in the English language which is more shocking, or offensive.

Comment by pathar, about 1 year ago

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 04:06:27 +0000

I like that this is one of the last few words in the language that can really shock people.