# What the hell, let's open CuntGate again.

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**Created:** [October 19, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-lets-open-cuntgate-again/671677 "2013-10-19T20:39:20Z")\
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**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:** [October 19, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-lets-open-cuntgate-again/671677/1 "2013-10-19T20:39:20Z")

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In [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=705353), the OP referred to **Debaser** as a “cuntwicket.” **Debaser** claimed that this was a rules violation, and reported it. In response, a moderator said:

> [@Debaser, you've never been poor. Can't say the same about "presumptuous cockweed", though](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debaser-youve-never-been-poor-cant-say-the-same-about-presumptuous-cockweed-though/671651/12):
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> [Moderating]  
> I’m not sure what a “cuntwicket” is, but it’s not on the Banned Words list.
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> You all carry on with your bad selves.  
> [/Moderating]

I’m curious about this ruling.

The rules put in place by **Ed Zotti** back in 2009 regarding restricted language in the Pit announced that:

> [@Ed Zotti](#):
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> The following expressions should not be directed at other posters.
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> cunt and variants, e.g., cuntlapper  
> motherfucker  
> cocksucker  
> fuck you and variants, e.g., go fuck yourself, fuck off and die  
> suck/lick my dick/cock and variants

Now, i was on record at the time calling these new rules silly an unnecessary. Still, they were put in place and have been part of the rules around here ever since.

And under these rules, i’m at something of a loss to understand how “cuntwicket” is acceptable. Surely it’s one of the “variants” of cunt?

If it isn’t, does that mean that we’re allowed to select, at random, any English word and place it after the word “cunt” in order to construct an acceptable epithet?

If so, i hereby announce my intention to start flaming all of the cuntcabinets, cuntbases, cuntladders, cuntmops, cuntscarfs, and cunteukaryotes of the SDMB.

I should add, by the way, that the OP of the referenced thread also told **Debaser** to “Fuck yourself with a rake.” Surely that is in violation of the fourth line of disallowed words? If you can’t say “go fuck yourself,” surely you shouldn’t be allowed to say “fuck yourself with a rake.”

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**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-lets-open-cuntgate-again/671677/2 "2013-10-19T20:42:06Z")

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> [@](#):
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> cunteukaryotes

Eucuntkaryotes has better euphony. Just sayin’.

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-lets-open-cuntgate-again/671677/3 "2013-10-19T20:58:33Z")

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Yep, my bad. Unlike most of the other terms, the rule is “cunt and variants.” I’ll amend my ruling in the linked thread.

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-lets-open-cuntgate-again/671677/4 "2013-10-19T21:01:27Z")

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And I might as well close this, having resolved the issue.