# cunt **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 8, 2001, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cunt/80340 "2001-09-08T03:17:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cunt/80340/41 "2004-07-29T07:30:27Z")
And you bumped a three-year-old thread because…? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cunt/80340/42 "2004-07-29T08:06:18Z")
Holy crap! I didn’t look at the dates previous to clairobscur’s post. I think this _is_ the thread from awhile back that I referred to. So why _did_ you bump it, clairobscur? ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cunt/80340/43 "2004-07-29T15:36:48Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > And you bumped a three-year-old thread because…? :rolleyes: Dang it, I read the whole thread, composing my reply in my head and never noticed the dates. Is it really bad form to amend my reply? I think it’s an interesting discussion. Here goes, just ignore it if’n ya want. > [@Gary Kumquat](#): > > Well, I for one hope that cunt remains a deeply offensive word to most people. > > When I call someone a cunt, I’m usually trying to offend them. _This_ is the reason “c\*nt” remains an offensive word, because it’s always used _for the sole purpose_ of offending people. “Dick” and “cock” are not always used in this manner and, in fact, can be used in a different sense without any derogatory meaning at all. The N-word used to also be used as a soley derogatory word until it was reclaimed (in, I think, a deliberate effort to dilute it’s offensiveness). I suppose “c\*nt” could be reclaimed as well but there doesn’t seem to be any compelling reason to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cunt/80340/44 "2004-07-29T16:29:10Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > And you bumped a three-year-old thread because…? :rolleyes: Maybe \*\*Claire’\*\*s fishing for compliments? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cunt/80340/45 "2004-07-29T17:09:30Z")
> [@blowero](#): > > So why _did_ you bump it, clairobscur? More to the point…just what term did you punch into the Search function to find it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cunt/80340/46 "2004-07-29T17:17:18Z")
> [@blowero](#): > > So why _did_ you bump it, clairobscur? Because she’s a \_\_\_\_, that’s why. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cunt/80340/47 "2004-07-29T17:24:33Z")
I’d like to take back the superfluous “s” from my last post. Sorry 'bout the castration, **clairobscur**. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cunt/80340/48 "2004-07-29T19:36:29Z")
> [@tremorviolet](#): > > _This_ is the reason “c\*nt” remains an offensive word, because it’s always used _for the sole purpose_ of offending people. “Dick” and “cock” are not always used in this manner and, in fact, can be used in a different sense without any derogatory meaning at all. Sorry, can’t let this go. That’s just not true. I can disprove that in about 10 seconds. Just do a google search for “nice cunt” (with quote marks to preserve the proximity of the 2 words). If “cunt” were ONLY used for the SOLE PURPOSE of offending people, then the phrase “nice cunt” would not exist. It’s a slam dunk. It’s certainly vulgar, but so are “dick” and “cock”. WARNING - open links to porn sites at your own risk. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cunt/80340/49 "2004-07-29T19:40:31Z")
> [@Milossarian](#): > > \*\* > It seemed important to me to note that this is one of the most hilariously white-trashy things I think I’ve ever heard. I think it’s even scarier that the guy found something to _like_ about the movie _Roadhouse_, which is surely one of the biggest steaming piles of crap ever committed to celluloid. What Sam Elliot was doing in that movie, i’ll never know. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cunt/80340/50 "2004-07-29T19:42:51Z")
And now that i’ve finally clued in that this is a three year old thread, i’ll just leave now. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cunt/80340/51 "2004-07-29T21:26:11Z")
And I’ll just close it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cunt/80340.md?page=2)