# Is the C-word allowed outside the Pit? {Answered: not in a misogynistic way or to insult. Not even with a letter changed}

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-c-word-allowed-outside-the-pit-answered-not-in-a-misogynistic-way-or-to-insult-not-even-with-a-letter-changed/959325/41 "2022-02-12T06:22:24Z")

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Here’s a previous moderator decision on the subject:

> [@What's the mechanism of action of a massage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-mechanism-of-action-of-a-massage/836529/9):
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> > [@What's the mechanism of action of a massage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-mechanism-of-action-of-a-massage/836529/7):
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> > Another cause of muscle pain are trigger points, little hardened nodules, that can be physically broken down.
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> Yeah, those are the cunts I’m talking about.

> [@What's the mechanism of action of a massage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-mechanism-of-action-of-a-massage/836529/18):
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> **[Moderating]**
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> I’m charitably assuming that you’re British, and are somehow unaware of just how offensive the word “cunt” is in American English. And it’s clearly not directed against a person, in this context. So this is not an official Warning. But do not use this word on the board again.

[And here’s the ATMB discussion that resulted.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-allowed-to-use-the-word/836588)

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