Thoughts on the word cunt

[MillieDynamite]

Well, English isn't exactly an invented language. In fact, much of it is a hodgepodge of words taken from other languages. Rendezvous is French, but nothing is all that dirty about rendezvous. Fuck is German. Cunt comes from Old Norse “kunta,” referring to vulvas. But its origin might also be from India, Goddess Kunti. Or it is possible it comes from the Danish “kunte” and the modern use of “kont” in Dutch, meaning “buttocks.” There are Latin-based words in English. Word origins from Spanish, French, Germanic, and God only knows what other words were usurped from other languages. Well, God and those that study the Language in detail.

 

[Trionyx]

The first time I saw the title of this thread I thought it had a typo. I truly thought it should have read “Thoughts on the word count” and would be yet another discussion about length of stories and chapters, a topic which has been beaten to death.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Die topic, die, or we'll beat your ass some more.

The first time I saw the title of this thread I thought it had a typo. I truly thought it should have read “Thoughts on the word count” and would be yet another discussion about length of stories and chapters, a topic which has been beaten to death.

 

[stickygirl]

https://sd.keepcalms.com/i/fuck-off-and-die-you-cunt.png

Something like this? This thread is kinda dull

 

[KachinaDoll]

Depends on where you live. I believe it's rarely used in the US but is pretty mainstream here in the UK. Odd really, considering that the US is happy with 'motherfucker' with all its connotations.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Look mutherfucker, don't call us foul-mouthed pussies over here. What the son-a-bitch you mean, mutherfucker, we don't bandy about bad bitch fuck words in this place! We all mutherfucking prime assed and proper mutherfuckers in this mutherfucking place.

 

[Wriggle]

When you consider the etymology of vagina is "sword sheath" is it really that bad?

I can use the word in many ways:
Offensively
A term of endearment
Sexually
Comedically
When something is awkward or poor

It is quite versatile.

 

[Codoc24]

In real life and writing, I love cunt in the heat of passion, but that's about the only time I use it. Unless I'm thinking about my ex-wife.

 

[Swuchmann]

When you consider the etymology of vagina is "sword sheath" is it really that bad?

I can use the word in many ways:
Offensively
A term of endearment
Sexually
Comedically
When something is awkward or poor

It is quite versatile.

I agree. I had a top that told me times that “your cunt is a good fuck”

 

[Escierto]

I agree. I had a top that told me times that “your cunt is a good fuck”

I knew some transgender tops that told me that I had a lovely cunt but I never saw them except on cam. It always made me kind of horny for their cocks though and wishing they could bend me over to use me as their fuck toy.

My girlfriend never engages in such talk and I think it’s probably too sensitive for her to talk that way. It doesn’t stop her from bending me over though - she just doesn’t want to talk about it!

 

[Swuchmann]

I knew some transgender tops that told me that I had a lovely cunt but I never saw them except on cam. It always made me kind of horny for their cocks though and wishing they could bend me over to use me as their fuck toy.

My girlfriend never engages in such talk and I think it’s probably too sensitive for her to talk that way. It doesn’t stop her from bending me over though - she just doesn’t want to talk about it!

My wife hates the word cunt. I love for my too to tell me I am a sexy cunt.

 

[dasgoodshit]

Did I go overboard?

20 times in 10k words? I'd say you used it a bit much. Not enough to 1-star you, but it was a lot, especially on the last page. (I haven't read your story yet- just did a search for the word.)

That's one thing that drives me crazy about writing: "I just used that word in the last sentence, or two sentences ago- I should find another word." It makes writing for me sometimes painfully slow.

As for the word "cunt" itself, I find it a harsh word in the same sense that "vagina" is: it just doesn't flow off the tongue nicely, and for the same reason, it's not going to be perceived well, so I try to limit the usage of words like that, "derogatory" or not.

 

[GrushaVashnadze]

You'll also get people complaining about capitalizing God. I'd have to dig up the comments, but I had a few early on where readers considered that pushing a religious agenda on them. Not much pushback when it's a singular interjection or the first word of a sentence, but type "Oh my God!" and a few people crawl out of the woodwork.

If you feel that cunt is the appropriate word for the story, use it. Don't bend for a few whiners if it goes against your natural inclination.

There is a certain irony, is there not, in the fact that sensibilities get offended by both "cunt" and "God"?

 

[K155]

I think tammy is offended because the word cunt is associated with someone being called a cunt, and she disassociated it as the legitimate word to describe a vagina in a less formal way.

Give me cunt over pussy any day!

 

[MajorRewrite]

The title of this thread made me think “The Word Cunt” would be an … um … interesting nickname for someone. A YouTube creator might use it with pride.

“Welcome to another episode of The Word Cunt, where we discuss strange and rude words from around the world!”

 

[dasgoodshit]

42 times! Thus answering the question of Life, Death, and the Universe. This is the same gusto I apply to the word - it's true magnificence. Why pussy foot around? But as always, context matters (sometimes).

I think you meant, "life, the universe, and everything."

 

[dasgoodshit]

I find cunt to be a lovely word. My first ever grad level English course, I was still an undergrad, bored of what was offered to us or had taken it already, and we had to do a report on the etymology of a derisive word. I chose cunt, and for some flippin' reason had to go first. Tomato red, I said that word roughly 42 times in about a ten minute span. I don't say it as much now, but I think it an awful lot.

Fuck me, and you're female. Damn I wish I could have been there.

 

[ananom]

Calling a person a cunt is very offensive. Calling a woman's sexual organ a cunt is just... accurate. It is literally the only plain english word for it. There are many alternatives, but all of them are either medical jargon, euphemism, or metaphor.

Amusingly, I was reviewing harem porn recently on my tumblr, and praised one novel for using the straightforward english. Within a minute, my tumblr account (which I'd had for about 15 years, but not used all that much) was banned.

 

[mranon90]

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 the word. They’re clearly a dick. Not for not liking the word, everyone’s entitled to their opinion. But imagine rating a porn story a 1* because it had the c word in it?
FFS

 

[madelinemasoch]

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 just think it's pretty funny how she's trying to tell you what your own intentions are in writing, and that this specific word is objectively not aligned with it.

Commenters are always on at least seven levels of self-delusion. Disregard them.

 

[TadOverdon]

I think "Tammy" doesn't find the word "cunt" sexually exciting.

Other than that, I think nothing other than that synonyms are hard enough to come up with during long sex scenes, and I decline to take that one off the table.

I may have posted, at some point, that I've decided "cock" is like "the," "an," or "said;" it's a grammatical placeholder in people's brains, and no matter how many times you use it repeatedly no one notices.

But I could be wrong about that.

 

[Mastered_again]

My rule of thumb:
Pussy til the pants come off
Cunt after

 

[KachinaDoll]

Not sure if YouTube links are allowed, but this makes me laugh. Kevin 'Bloody' Wilson - cunt of a day.

 

[RelentlessOnanism]

I love it. It's a great word, full of power. But I am British, and it's a lot less taboo over here than it is in America (although it is still fairly taboo).

 

[grenefire]

It’s funny to this thread come back up. I’m wrapping up a new story and after rereading it through this morning, I noticed that it only had “cunt” in it once. Clearly this person’s comment lives on in my unconscious