Thoughts on the word cunt

[geronimo_appleby]

it worked in the film 44 Inch Chest where it popped up quite often in dialgue. i reckon it's probably about context. as carny said above, if someone rates an entire story on the use of that word, it suggets narrowmindedness. and they're lilely to be a bit of a cunt.

 

[GrushaVashnadze]

I love "cunt". Almost as much as I love cunt.

In Another Place, the mods complained to me that my use of the word is "left-field” and “jarring”. I must demur. In the right context “cunt” is warm, earthy, rich, fertile, and primevally Anglo-Saxon. For me, it is a far more honest and lovely word than “pussy”, which I find apologetic, coy and irredeemably bisyllabic. Here are a couple of examples which I am happy with:

1. from Metamorphoses:

"I am coming, I am coming," I sing, as my soft arms extend heavenwards -- curling, flexing, fashioning out of my imagination leaves, vines, boughs of ash and laurel -- as I embrace the gift of mother-goddess to water-nymph. Below me, strings churn and gambol, myriad-divided, like the viridescent light which shines dappled through my branches. Sinewy lines of unseen woodwind twist and twine upwards. "I am coming, my verdant brothers. Sweetly rises in me the sap of the earth. "Süß durchströmt mich der Erde Saft..." [...]
Thirty minutes later, my dressing-room door is locked, and we lie naked on my couch caressing each other's breasts. Hers are full and round and luscious, like ripe peaches; mine are small, like the budding leaves which graced my costume less than an hour ago. She kisses mine, taking little nibbles which send shivers through my body. Gently I hum Strauss's final ecstasy-perfect F-sharp ostinato, as her lips explore my whole body from branch to root, sucking, nibbling, licking, caressing.
By the time she begins to taste my fertility, my cunt is moist as rich soil, damp as leaves in warm drizzle.

2. from Widadari Ophelia:

Both her hands now spread her pussy wide, the pale fingers of one delving deep, and the heel of the other rubbing faster, harder. And when at last her body spasmed, and a high-pitched cry, full of ecstasy and yearning, escaped her wide red lips, it was as if this was something that Heaven demanded.
But, even as my shaft still tented the cotton of my sarung, she began to fade. Her pale hair, crowned with dried flowers, became paler, until it disappeared. Her skin, so white and pure, blended into the now nearly horizontal sunrays, and then was no longer there. Her red lips, and the deep pink of her labia, lingered a touch longer, but then were gone, leaving nothing behind but the soft fragrance of cunt and grey foreign wildflowers -- rue, daisies and withered violets.

It is that “music of ‘cunt’” which writer Eve Ensler opens up for us (no pun intended), in her Vagina Monologues. Here is the scene entitled “Reclaiming Cunt”:

I call it cunt. I’ve reclaimed it, “cunt.” I really like it. “Cunt.” Listen to it. “Cunt.” C C. Ca Ca. Cavern, cackle, clit, cute, come-closed c-closed inside, inside ca- then u- then cu- then curvy, inviting sharkskin u-uniform, under, up, urge, ugh, ugh, u – then n then cun – snug letters fitting perfectly together – n – nest, now, nexus, nice, nice, always depth, always round in upper case, cun, cun- n a jagged wicked electrical pulse- n (high pitched noise) then soft n- warm n – cun, cun, then t – then sharp certain tangy t – texture, take, tent, tight, tantalizing, tensing, taste, tendrils, time, tactile, tell me, tell me “Cunt cunt,” say it, tell me “Cunt.” “Cunt.”

It will not surprise you to know that I adore Azealia Banks’ song ”212”, which includes this superb passage:

Kick it with your bitch who come from Parisian
She know where I get mine from, and the season
Now she wanna lick my plum in the evenin’
And fit that ton-tongue d-deep in
I guess that cunt getting eaten
I guess that cunt getting eaten
I guess that cunt getting eaten
I guess that cunt getting eaten
I guess that cunt getting eaten

No, it’s not just Azealia trying to shock by “throwing in” the dirtiest word she could come up with. She is aware that the word has multiple connotations, some of them perfectly appropriate for her purpose. She explains:

I feel like “cunt” means so feminine. Like a gay guy says, that’s so cunt. That’s so feminine. That’s so good. It’s in the vein of like, voguing.
To be cunty is to be feminine and to be . . . aware of yourself. Nobody's fucking with that inner strength and delicateness.

Finally, D. H. Lawrence:

"Arena Ah!" he said, leaning forward and softly stroking her face.
"Th'art good cunt, though, aren't ter? Best bit o' cunt left on earth. When ter likes! When tha'rt willin'!"
"What is cunt?" she said.
"An' doesn't ter know? Cunt! It's thee down theer; an' what I get when I'm i'side thee, and what tha gets when I'm i'side thee; it's a` as it is, all on't."
"All on't,'"she teased. "Cunt! It's like fuck then."
"Nay nay! Fuck's only what you do. animals fuck. But cunt's a lot more than that. It's thee, dost see: an' tha'rt a lot besides an animal, aren't ter? --- even ter fuck? Cunt! Eh, that's the beauty o' thee, lass!"
She got up and kissed him between the eyes, that looked at her so dark and soft and unspeakably warm, so unbearably beautiful.
"Is it?" she said. "And do you care for me?"
He kissed her without answering.

“Cunt”: It's thee, dost see… that's the beauty o' thee! “Cunt” is good. Almost as good as cunt.

 

[LilyWaters]

Hi all,

I just got a comment that berated my use of the word cunt and because of it rated my story a 1. While I don’t normally care what people comment, I found it strange that someone would give a story a 1 star because they didn’t like that I incorporated the word cunt.

What do you think about using cunt in your stories?

I love using it, and I love reading it.

Mind you, the stuff I write is all consensual, ecstatic, joyous sex, so it's never in there as an insult or to degrade. That doesn't bother me either, FWIW, in well-crafted fiction, but I know that many women don't like it.

I also tend not to "lead" with it - I use softer euphemisms until the sex gets really intense.

But yeah, it's just so carnal and earthy. I love it.

 

[ChassonKnight]

I'll read the story shortly, but I've read the comment. I get that constructive feedback is useful, but some people just have strong opinions and think the world needs to know about them. Words have different connotations between times, cultures and individuals. Personally, I can't be bothered to tell someone I don't like their work. I like to tell people I enjoy their work, but if they're enjoying what they do, what's it to them.

As for the star rating system; I'd rather just have a 'like' button. I only give a rating of 4 or 5 anyway. If I'm not enjoying a story, I won't finish it, in which case I'm in no place to rate it.

Now, I'll have a ciggy and read this story with too many cunts in it that's caused so much fuss.

Edit - I guess I can see what your critic is saying, but I read the story and it didn't bother me. You've got nearly 500 followers (including me now), if you're enjoying your writing as much as I enjoyed reading it, don't let the odd negative review bother you.

 

[Alys21]

I'm British and I'm not a fan of it being used in a sexual sense.

 

[ChassonKnight]

I'm British and I'm not a fan of it being used in a sexual sense.

I'm British and it doesn't bother me. But, reading this thread, I'd probably avoid using it in that way. It seems it affects a lot of people negatively.

 

[KeithD]

I use the word "cunt" in the context of "vagina" and if any reader gets the vapors over that they can pound sand.

 

[Alys21]

The welsh word for jelly fish cont y môr is literally cunt of the sea.

Puzzle time.
Clue, hairy on the outside, wet inside. Begins with C and ends in T. There's an U and N in the middle.



Coconut

I thought it was pyscod wibbly-wobbly???

 

[tenyari]

My visual when I misread the title as

"thoughts on word cunt"

Is itself almost enough to inspire a story of some kind...


As for the word. These stories will use naughty words and even derogatory terms for the intimates to inspire mood and kink. Using a word you would not use in polite company is kind of the point.

 

[Athalia]

Has anyone ever said "cock" is offensive, but "dick" is perfectly okay?

I thought it was the other way around. A guy wouldn't mind being called a "cock" (unless inference is that he's cocked things up) but he might well resent being called a "dick.

His comment about the use of a word in an erotic story makes no sense. Sounds to me like he was looking for an excuse to give you a 1.

Haters gonna hate.

What's pleasing to me, reading this thread, is the number of women writers who use the word cunt, thereby claiming back the power of the word where it belongs, with women.

That's an interesting take. I agree that women these days use it a lot more than, say, a century ago. I use it a lot myself in my stories, when it seems to make sense. My intent, though, is not to evangelize but to legitimatize and make it as commonplace in my stories as it is in real life.

 

[ElectricBlue]

That's an interesting take. I agree that women these days use it a lot more than, say, a century ago. I use it a lot myself in my stories, when it seems to make sense. My intent, though, is not to evangelize but to legitimatize and make it as commonplace in my stories as it is in real life.

It's a world view I got from my sister, a very active feminist in the 70s and 80s (Thatcher 's Britain) - similar to the Germaine Greer philosophy in many ways, but more at the working level, less academic than Greer.

 

[Pabiporffor]

I thought it was pyscod wibbly-wobbly???

Pysgod wibby wobbly was invented by some comedian. For obvious reasons it became popular and really enraged the grammar nazis. So we used it more.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Hi all,

I just got a comment that berated my use of the word cunt and because of it rated my story a 1. While I don’t normally care what people comment, I found it strange that someone would give a story a 1 star because they didn’t like that I incorporated the word cunt.

What do you think about using cunt in your stories?

The word is harsh and nasty sounding. Calling a woman a Cunt is the worst insult I can think of, and I never use it in the real world. I have been guilty of using it in stories, only rarely about the body part, usually tossed by woman at another woman or a man at either a woman or a man. In Deadwood, the tv series Wild Bill uses it repeatedly at Jack McCall. "Your droopy eye is like the hood of cunt."

 

[h60pilot]

I have a gf that uses the word cunt as the word for her pussy. I find it thrilling.

I would never call a woman a cunt, but if she is ok with it as a word for her pussy, it does connote a submissiveness that may work in that specific situation.

So my rule? Never use it in a derogatory way, for both the woman and her genitalia. Context and privacy matter.

 

[AlinaX]

Why would it connote submissiveness?

 

[Duleigh]

I'm an American where cunt is a derogatory word so I only let the FMC in my stories use it, like when she's extremely turned on as in "Fuck me! Fuck my cunt!" or when she's extremely angry, like if she found her step mother was trying to seduce her husband "YOU FUCKING CUNT!" the only men that use it is the EBG (Extremely Bad Guy) to generate a feeling of hate for him in my readers. I know that Australians will identify with the guy through use of the C word, but I hope his habits of murder, eating babies, and stuff like that generate hate for him in the folks down under so they can catch up with the rest of us.

 

[Fierywhore]

A very pleasurable part of the anatomy called for what it is

 

[EastMidsMale2]

It’s an elite word. Elicits so much provocation. It’s a brilliant word. Just can’t over use it and dilute it.

You’re a cunt.
What a cunt.
You’re an absolute cunt
What an adorable cunt.

It’s a top five vocabulary word. A classic

 

[lovecraft68]

As a way to describe female anatomy, its fine.

If its used to describe a woman....the word is not allowed to be spoken in my house, and if anyone says it in the presence of women in front of me I will say something regardless of where I am or who said it.

I raised my daughters to know that any man who throws that word around is no one they need to know.

 

[EastMidsMale2]

As a way to describe female anatomy, its fine.

If its used to describe a woman....the word is not allowed to be spoken in my house, and if anyone says it in the presence of women in front of me I will say something regardless of where I am or who said it.

I raised my daughters to know that any man who throws that word around is no one they need to know.

What if your daughter said ‘that guy who abused his wife for 10 years and beat the fuck out of her was an absolute cunt’?

The power of the word is context. And that’s why it’s such a controversial one.

 

[Duleigh]

What if your daughter said ‘that guy who abused his wife for 10 years and beat the fuck out of her was an absolute cunt’?

The power of the word is context. And that’s why it’s such a controversial one.

My daughter would use much more appropriate artistry with volcanic linguistics (she learned that from a sergeant in her life - me) than to call an abusive man a girl.

 

[EastMidsMale2]

My daughter would use much more appropriate artistry with volcanic linguistics (she learned that from a sergeant in her life - me) than to call an abusive man a girl.

I’m not provoking a debate here. So don’t jump on me. But if you think your ‘learned’ daughter won’t use the word cunt because you taught her not to - that’s precisely why she will.

It’s provocative. Rebellious. Inappropriate and ‘wrong’. And that’s why it’s so powerful. Used flippantly, it becomes a word that just dilutes. But the mere truth that you ‘tell’ someone not to use it - means it’s got power. And the more you tell your daughter not to - the more she’s going to

 

[Kumquatqueen]

I raised my daughters to know that any man who throws that word around is no one they need to know.

One wouldn't want one's daughters sullied by those dastardly Brits, let alone polluted by that genial Australian mateship, would one.

 

[Duleigh]

One wouldn't want one's daughters sullied by those dastardly Brits, let alone polluted by that genial Australian mateship, would one.

No kidding! Just because they invented the language they somehow think they own it! (No wait, that didn't come out quite right... let me rethink that...)

 

[ByteMe13]

A young woman has a pussy. A mature woman has a cunt