Male insults

Sadly it shows the limitations of their imagination if the vocabulary does not extend beyond the groin. Bring back the insults of yesteryear - thou scurvy knave, thou misbegotten varlet or thou whoreson!!

feetle is right that men use insults as a greeting: bastard, bugger, etc., even cock. But I think that in my experience p***k is only used insultingly.

I have to say, I think the 'c' word is horrible and could never say it and do not like to hear it either. I think the younger generation seem to use words nowadays quite readily without stopping to even think how it sounds or what they even mean. I am quite shocked sometimes to hear even youngsters using language I find quite repulsive. And I am not a prude or narrow minded in any way at all. Rant over!!

The 'c' word is one I never use, it's a horrid word. Though I will confess to having used most of the others.
I saw Sarah Millican live on Thursday, she used it more than once. I was quite surprised and disappointed.

There are all sorts of interesting comparisons between gender-related insults. On a less severe level, how about the difference between a man calling another man "You dog" with a wink and a grin and calling a woman "You bitch" with spitting and shouting?

I have noticed that whereas men greet one another with insults - "Hello you old bastard, how are you?" - women never do that.

I think p---k is often used in quite a light and affectionate way. The c word is just downright nasty and usually quite threatening.

The c word is used when men want to put women or anyone else down as viciously as possible, It is the fact that useing a word for this part of a woman's anatomy to describe someone is considered the worst insult you can throw at them that makes it use so shocking and unacceptable.

It is interesting that insults are couched in genital terms - no logic in that whether male or female.

I agree. The c word is abhorrent - 'prick' is just used as a throwaway insult and doesn't give me a shock of horror. I don't think men feel very insulted by it either.

I don't think it is, Nonu. It's not 'nasty' enough, is it?

forgive me, but isn"t the word p---k just as as bad ?