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

Durex not Eurex, whatever that is !

It’s not a word i use or like but I wouldnt die of shock if I had a husband use it (not that I have a husband any more,so that would be a bit miraculous) after all it’s only a word I don’t really understand why it’s worse than dick or prick or any other word for a human bit
Why is it ?

Never ever used in our house, likewise the F word.

I really cannot bear that word. I find it horribly offensive. It always seems to be the worst of the swear words to me.

Have reluctantly to confess that I still don't get it!
I have been biding my time, hoping someone might ask before me!
Sorry!

I must admit I find it very offensive used as an insult.

However, maybe we should reclaim it as women, it is interesting that a word for female genitalia is the worst swear word ever.

I just googled it and it was first used in the 12th century in England, meaning a prostitute. It has a harsh sound perhaps that's it.

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

Oops, apologies - clarifying above post

ixion Imagine it was written as a text....C. U Next Tuesday.At least I presume that’s what is meant!

Even typing that makes me feel bad!

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Many thanks Atqui - I'd never have got that.
Slopes away in embarrassment ?

Vile word, in my opinion (the C word)
I don’t think I’m familiar with the T word?

Is it the word that I thought referred to a “stupid, annoying person”?

Not a word you’d ever hear me or my family use either. I seem to remember seeing The Vagina Monologues and being expected to shout out the C word. Anyone else remember or have I imagined it?

DiscoDancer75, I believe Eurex was something dreamed up by Brexiteers as a new and inferior standard of contraceptive to be imposed by Brussels on England’s manly c***s and womanly c***s.

The latter is a word I would never use in the manner deplored here, though I recall that Mellors used it affectionately.

And what is all this about Hastings? I cannot believe that Poirot’s sidekick would ever have employed it.

I was never sure if this was a real letter or not.

lettersofnote.com/2009/10/28/we-all-feel-like-that-now-and-then/

However it certainly is a surname in certain cultures . With a K rather than a C.

We used to have lots of Bast*rds here as well. As surnames.

Puzzler61

Is it the word that I thought referred to a “stupid, annoying person”?

Puzzler
Yes it is. A lot of people ( including here on GN) and ( I assume) using it in that context. I do. I once used it on here in that context. Never again. But I have noticed that nobody got castigated as much as I did.

Thanks for clarifying MerylS. We live and learn.
Sorry you got grief ?

I don’t think I have ever said it, and I’m certain my husband has never said it.
Actually, I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone I know say it.
It’s a nasty word.

It's a nasty word and I never use it and nobody I know has ever used it in front of me.

I must admit once in a while when something annoys me and
I cannot come up with anything else I have used the F word
naughty I know but it can release tension some time.

It's a word that describes the female genitalia. I refuse to feel that this word, that describes my fanny, is the most disgusting, offensive word in the British language.

I don't use it. But if I did, it would be in a accurate way, to describe genitalia.

With the current government running our country it's a word I find myself thinking a lot.

I remember that when I was young, a friend told me she had heard her father talking in his golf club, using language she’d never heard him use at home, and how surprised she was .

So who knows what words are spoken by those we think we know , in different social settings.

Grumppa

Not too long ago my account was suspended for telling jokes, some of the traditional "dumb blonde" variety, which some readers thought funny.
However, I was charged with "demeaning women"!
It seems to me that some women here are making a better fist of demeaning themselves than I ever did.
We all know it's an insulting word so why am I being told by some repeatedly that they never even use it at home? Nor do we, but neither do I feel any need to publicise that.
Why continue to dwell on the topic; , asterisks don't change a thing!
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