# The cu\*t word

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**Created:** [April 7, 2025, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cu-t-word/1016729 "2025-04-07T08:57:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cu-t-word/1016729/40 "2025-04-07T19:36:28Z")

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Just a reminder of the most recent prior thread we had on this specific term (there are more):

> [@Is the C-word allowed outside the Pit? {Answered: not in a misogynistic way or to insult. Not even with a letter changed}](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):
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> Because it was certainly allowed [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895). or is it that you can’t use the C-word but if you intentionally misspell it to make it the Q-word it’s ok? Is there a definitive list of words that Cannot be used at all? Can only be used in the Pit? And does misspelling it to make it Not-The-Word trade_mark make it acceptable?

Personally, I’m very much in Puzzlegal’s camp in terms of my concerns as a poster:

> [@puzzlegal](#):
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> It’s still a misogynistic insult when used to describe men. Basically, “You are so bad you are like a bad woman”. Perhaps its semantic content is different in Australia, but that’s what it means in the US.

With an added anecdote. In a reasonably recent thread I used a (self-depreciating) slur. It was mocking certain stereotypes about my people, and I used it in an ironic sense. Another poster replied using the same term, again, following my use. A moderator cautioned the other poster for their use of the term, which created stress for all involved. It was my fault, and all were acting in good faith, but I can see the same happening with “free” use of the word in question.

Again, posting my experiences as a poster and my concerns. I think the prior thread avoided the bright line of a ban, but discouraged it, and I would also concur.

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