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what ernie said and imagine you have to choose either a homosexual or a paedophile to babysit who are you picking? I suppose it does not matter as it does not mean anything troll surely.
used the c-word once in front of my mum.
"why do you hate your job so much?"
-"my boss is a ****"
"do you have to use such language?"
-"Well it does describe him most accurately, so yes"
We both laughed.
I find the term "insert letter here" word odd. As soon as somebody says it, the word they are trying so hard to avoid pops up in the recipient's brain. It's just hypocritical. Newspapers like the Independent, and presumably others, spare us from the puritanical censorship and print Wayne Rooney's (or should that be the WR name) observations in full.
But why are the things we're fondest of the foulest swear words?
I like a good swearing session with selected family and friends, usually for comedic effect or to enforce a point or strength of feeling. People who just swear as part of their normal vocabulary, I assume are of low intelligence or badly brought up. I'm not offended by swearing, just judgemental depending on the circumstances it's delivered.
Used without due context, it's certainly vulgar at best, however.....
Used in suitable context, it can be a very effective word......
Mrs STR has no objection to the word in question being used in certain environments, *cough*!
Paddy Considine's use of the C word in one of the early scenes of Dead Mans Shoes is exquisite to the extreme - powerful, effective and emotive.
In short, I think it's a fantastic word, but has to be used in the right place, otherwise it just becomes another foul and derogatory swear word. If you need to put a point across and it's justified though, no word is better.
You might all well know by now - not a lot offends me.
The f word can be used in a positive context ... F yeah it was ace. F look at the size of that it's f ing amazing etc.
The c word on the other hand remains in the realm of a proper swear word... And mighty effective it is too!
Used without due context, it's certainly vulgar at best
Surely it's when it is used in its correct context that it becomes vulgar ?
I must admit that I was a little surprised, and taken aback, when Calamity Jane dropped the 'C' bomb in [i]Deadwood[/i]. I think it was the fact it was a woman saying it that sort of shocked me a bit. Still, considering the sheer quantity of colourful profanity on [i]Deadwood[/i], it's not really surprising it got used by somebody. And Al Swearingen has to be one of the most appropriate character names ever.
ernie_lynch - MemberSurely it's when it is used in its correct context, that it becomes vulgar ?
What's vulgar about it's correct context? I suppose it depends on an individuals perception.
As a sexual word in the right environment, it can be a stimulus.
As a swear word in a highly charged environment, it's an effective means of communication.
Used flippantly to describe the quoted poster for example, it could be construed as vulgar, however relevant it may be.
What's vulgar about it's correct context?
Well I wouldn't recommend your missus uses it at her next hospital appointment with the fanny mechanic.
As a sexual word in the right environment, it can be a stimulus.
Lol!
For her or you?
In Scotland it can actually be a term of endearment.
"Isn't that Billy over there at the bar?"
"Aye, you're right it is. He's a good cvnt Billy"
Well I wouldn't recommend your missus uses it at her next hospital appointment with the fanny mechanic.
But then that wouldn't be in the correct context, would it - or not at least my perceived view of the correct context anyway.
Oh, and she doesn't visit the fanny mechanic.
And just out of interest ernie - do you have a Mrs?
@ Maxray - both 😉
And just out of interest ernie - do you have a Mrs?
No, she gave me the elbow 'cause I kept going on about her ****.
she doesn't visit the fanny mechanic.
He comes round ?
Lol 😉
Hahaha! Does a fanny mechanic use screws? Does he utilise big tools? Does his workshop have a back door? Etc, etc, ad nauseum - I could literally go on all night....
My father in law finds it endlessly amusing to insert the word 'whooring' into sentences, e.g., "The rain's hoorin' bad the day" (said in an Aberdonian accent). Actually, I do too.
its one of mrsconsequences favourite words
i hardly ever use it, but then i still cant bring myself to swear in front of my parents out of respect even though they both swear like any other normal adult.
fanny mechanic
it had better not be Gavin from auto glass coming to fill her crack with "special resin"
I use the male c-word all the time, and once had a great conversation with a feminist and realised there was no decent reason that the female c-word is any more offensive, so I use that when I want to too.
I find the term "insert letter here" word odd.
STW does it. TBF, I understand that a lot of corporate firewalls/net nanny programmes will block access to websites that have thrown a few F!s and C!s in it. Presumably in the old days it was prudishness/customer preference but now there's also a reason to not use it so that all your potential customers can access your website.
I see to remember getting a week on the naughty step from here for "attempting to evade the swear filter". Instead of writing the word that rhymes with cluck, I had prefixed the letters -ark with an f (or something similar). 🙁
When I was backpacking through queensland, australia, the 'c-word' was often times used by the locals there as a term of endearment much to the amusement of my mates and I.
Yeah it's bad and all, but it isn't half satisfying calling someone whose annoyed you in some way one.
There was a TV series about words a few years ago and they had an episode on the c word. Germaine Greer encouraged it's use.
A had a gf who never swore except when excited when she would gently encourage me to f her c.
f her c = feed her crisps?
Swearing is all about creating shock. It's therefore best to avoid too much of it lest the impact is reduced. A good potty-mouthed rant from somebody who rarely swears is much more effective than it would be from someone who swears with every other word. For that reason the c word should be stored up for maximum effect when it is needed. If it's used regularly we risk a swear word arms race in the search to recover that lost shock-value. I shudder to think where that would lead.(Although p-flaps is a personal favourite).
Are crisps iDave compatible?
I dont find any words offensive.
Its actions that matter - words are just too flexible and simply ignored.
It does seem quite irrational that some can be considered more rude than others.
I understand that a lot of corporate firewalls/net nanny programmes will block access to websites that have thrown a few F!s and C!s in it.
Leading to "the S****horpe problem."
Even if you swear all the time it's easy to change the tone so people know the difference between friendly swearing and nasty swearing.
I used both the "c" word and the "mf" word on Sunday when my pedal parted company with its axle half way up a hill at Glentress.
Somtimes gosh darn just doesn't cover it!
(must admit, the line in Kickass raised an eyebrow, though)
Especially when said by an eleven year old girl 😕
Somtimes gosh darn just doesn't cover it!
To paraphrase Billy Connolly,
"if you can give me a non-sweary alternative to f- off, I'll gladly use it. It certainly isn't 'go away'."
(must admit, the line in Kickass raised an eyebrow, though)Especially when said by an eleven year old girl
You know I really never understood the problem with that especially when the scene immediately following said expletive shows the same eleven year old slaughtering a group of drug dealers. No one ever seems to have a problem with that.
the thing about the c word is that, yes it's pretty offensive to just about all the women i've evr meet - but -
there are times when only the c word will do
lol at whoever reckons southerners are rubbish at using it. Londoners make it an artform, particularly south of the river !
c**t is a term of endearment or an abusive term:
Aye, he's a good c**t
See him, he's a pure c**t.
depends on the usage..
It may be the most offensive single word, but all the best / worst swears are when words are used in combinations
I reckon pedohomonecronegrocryobeastiality is pretty close.
pedohomonecronegrocryobeastiality
I think I have their first album...
I dont know why the c word is considered so offensive, I only really avoid it when in the presence of women or at work.
When I first started at my current place, all the blokes tried to avoid swearing at all around me (the industry I'm in is male dominated, something like 94% of staff are male). However we were playing Call of Duty at lunchtime and I happened to drop the C-bomb in reference to one of the coders who'd spend the entire time camping on a rooftop with a sniper rifle. First there was shock, then there was relief. Silly gooses!
meh, I like vaginabloodfart, as a derogatory term, not as an event
I don't find language or words offensive. Just peoples meaning or intention. You can easily say something really nasty, hurtful and spiteful without swearing. My mates and I call each other all sorts of c+++y words all the time, it's a form of understanding, acknowledgment and respect! Ya bastards!
The 'c' word can't be said with any conviction by Americans.Or southerners.
Put your money where your big gob is, and come dahyn ear, and find ahyt.
You'll be crying like a little girl and willuv messed yer knickers by the time we're finished with yer....
I managed to stop traffic on Fifth Avenue in New York, using the 'C' word. 🙂
I later discovered it is not a word to use publicly in the US....
I remember a line on Spaced that went along the lines of -
"Look at the C**t in the leotard..."
"That word is violently offesive to women"
"I say C**nt all the time"
"I was talking about leotard"
Oi Kev get on Skypes so's I can swear at yer, innit? 😀
Go on; like what we used to do!
You're ded.
No, [i]you're[/i] ded.
No you are.
No you are cos I killed you to death.
Etc.
Penny for your thoughts
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/laurie-penny/2011/02/sexual-power-word-****-hint
try this
you'll have to edit the **** for the subject of this topic
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