The C word - and I don’t means COVID or Christmas!

Fannycornforth ?
He used the word many years ago and got a real telling off, so I agree could now be the losing inhibition thing .He knew I was there - beside him in bed. It wasn’t Boris ?, but another politician I think.
I agree about blasphemy too Sodapop.
BTW many other swear words are uttered in our house but not the one in question normally.

How upsetting for you and no doubt a surprise if it was out of character for H to use such a word.
Nothing surprises me 21C when you observe the lengths todays media will go, to get ratings, by bringing to the public certain words, or actions, once viewed obscene but now part of everyday life.

Sago .That was indeed grim.I would probably have used a gender neutral orifice!

I love it as a word, although not as a swear word.

We become inured if we are not careful. What would our grannies ( or in my case mother) have thought

There is nothing worse than casual swearing, if something goes wrong my limit is “oh shhhugar” or “stupid prat” never ever anything worse. OH is the same, both our families too, swearing is just not done.

I was also brought up in a non-swearing home and first saw the f word as graffiti. I would not expect a man to use the c word in female company and would make it very clear it was unacceptable.
I remember the first time the f word was used on TV and what a fuss there was, but of course that pushed the boundary as far as language goes and it is used far too casually now which is awful. The c word has began to creep in (After Life anyone?) which is beginning to make that acceptable too. The Americans frequently use 'mother-f*****' in their movies (quite casually) which I find horrible, really horrible.
We have started to prepare the grandchildren that they will hear lots of swearing in movies when they get older, but that we don't like it and it doesn't mean it's okay to casually use those words. You can only hope they aren't influenced by movies, but young people seem to swear a lot now, so I'm sure they are.

I rather like a well placed profanity

Not overly keen on the C word but I wouldn't get in a tizzy about it

A lot of people would never use it, me, on the other hand. Mrs Potty Mouth, have been known to use it. This is one of my favourite posters! It is just a word!! Most political figures would be referred to as one in our house.

I agree with your logic, atqui. Surely the point is: was the person so called one of those, in your husband's judgment, and if so, why? Also, clearly, he was not using the word's literal meaning. Since your husband is a gentleman, he must have had a good reason to use that word.

I have yet to come across a word that shocked me. I've come across attitudes that shocked me, bad manners and that sort of a thing but that's about people not the words they use.

I’m with you Gannygangan for me it’s more the context and intonation of words that can make me flinch, that and lazy use of language.

Agreed, scientia.

Oops! scentia.

When I young I worked for the police I didn’t swear when I started the job. I soon learnt every possible word to throw back at abusive people without witnesses of course.

The expression one of my children uses is “Currently Under Naval Training”

Scentia love the poster.

In my opinion there are no bad words, however the context they are used in is sometimes questionable.

(The well used acronym in our family is sugar honey iced tea )

I play Scrabble online and yesterday I started a game with a new person, a young "lady".
I was a so shocked when after a few turns, her next word was c**t
I nearly dropped my phone.

I never say c word
I do however use the f word, sorry.
There are times when it is appropriate..... some of these are a bit “ouch” but some are v funny

I suppose it’s a good old Anglo Saxon word to describe some female anatomy, but that’s why I detest it’s use to describe a reprehensible person.

I had a boss I hated who didn’t work on Fridays and I didn’t work on Mondays. I had a great time signing every final email of the week off with “bye, see you next Tuesday.”

Lucca
Thank you, thank you, thank you. That’s the best laugh I’ve had for a few days.
I’m sending it to all my friends.
Joan of Arc was the best ?

I never use the C word and don't like to hear it. I do use the F word occasionally though

Thanks for that Lucca!

Never used in my family

Gosh I’m slow this afternoon Amber it took me a while to get that! Probably your boss never did! Haha.
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I was sat watching tv next to our eldest daughter a couple of years ago when Katie Hopkins was on. She quite venomously called her ‘such a f***ing c***’. I was shocked ?

It’s horrible isn’t it? I remember boys using it a lot when I was in my mid teens, ( so mid seventies), perhaps more than the F word. Then it seemed to disappear. Now it’s back again.
To our surprise...we’ve only lately learnt, that ‘ t..t, tw.t and t.ot’, ( hope you follow that,) mean the same. I called someone a t.at in front of my DIL, and she went very red. My son said, ‘ mum, you can’t say that, it means the same as c..t’.
I looked all this up, and while they still do mean an idiot....in America, it’s female genitalia. So we all have to follow what the Americans do. I’m assuming it’s still ok to talk about ‘ rubbers’ with our grandchildren!!, and not be told off for talking about Eurex!!.
My husband always says they are just words initially. It’s the meaning behind them that’s the problem. To me they just sound horrible. I’d have been upset too Atqui.