# How Offensive Is The Word "C\*\*T" In The US?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 2, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-offensive-is-the-word-c-t-in-the-us/488060 "2009-03-02T21:14:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-offensive-is-the-word-c-t-in-the-us/488060/121 "2009-03-06T14:52:40Z")

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My wife is Polish. In Polish cunt means a corner where walls meet. In our home I would get in trouble calling her a stupid cunt or a ignorant corner.

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**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-offensive-is-the-word-c-t-in-the-us/488060/122 "2009-03-06T17:45:18Z")

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> [@Annie-Xmas](#):
>
> Can let this thread die without quoting James Joyce:
> 
> If you see Kay,  
> Tell him he may.  
> See you in tea,  
> Tell him from me.
> 
> For those who don’t get it Phonetically, the first line is F-U-C-K, the third C-U-N-T

Along those lines, (so to speak) there was a group I knew who would coyly work “See you next tuesday” into conversation to reference the word.

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**Author:** ![alexandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@alexandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alexandra)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-offensive-is-the-word-c-t-in-the-us/488060/123 "2009-03-06T19:50:04Z")

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I rarely if ever call anyone a cunt; maybe Richard Littlejohn. But if you are really annoyed, \* cunting cunting cunting fuck\* is quite satisfying.

“Pussy” offends me more because the implication is, “you’re insufficiently masculine and therefore bad/you’re a weak girl and therefore bad”. Cunt can be an allpurpose insult in the UK, but as I understand it is a more extreme form of ‘pussy’ in the US.

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