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

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

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 .

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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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.

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.

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.

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?

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

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

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

Even typing that makes me feel bad!

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

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

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.

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

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

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 ?

Durex not Eurex, whatever that is !

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.

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 ?