There are no such thing as yucky words. Just words.
Besides, let's face it. Cunt is a really funny word if you think about it. It sounds like it should be an engine part. Or maybe part of a tractor. So you'd get guys in John Deere hats going into the Tractor Supply Company looking for spares for when their tractor broke down in the field.
As to the rest, things will probably work out, and I probably overreacted in frustration, but that's normal for me, right?
The origin of the word, according to Pam Frese, is an old english word for "hare." Which fits into a theme of naming women's body parts after things in nature. And theoretically yes, it's just a word. They're all just words. But every word has a symbolic meaning determined by the culture that uses it. And the symbolic meaning attached to THAT one makes me want to never hear it again.
It's funny that though you say it's just a word, you knew EXACTLY which one I was referring to with my comment. If they really are "just words," I could have been offended just as easily by "the," or "and," or "it." And to be honest, I am. You foul mouthed brute.
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Date: 2003-11-14 10:46 am (UTC)Besides, let's face it. Cunt is a really funny word if you think about it. It sounds like it should be an engine part. Or maybe part of a tractor. So you'd get guys in John Deere hats going into the Tractor Supply Company looking for spares for when their tractor broke down in the field.
As to the rest, things will probably work out, and I probably overreacted in frustration, but that's normal for me, right?
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Date: 2003-11-14 11:02 am (UTC)The origin of the word, according to Pam Frese, is an old english word for "hare." Which fits into a theme of naming women's body parts after things in nature. And theoretically yes, it's just a word. They're all just words. But every word has a symbolic meaning determined by the culture that uses it. And the symbolic meaning attached to THAT one makes me want to never hear it again.
It's funny that though you say it's just a word, you knew EXACTLY which one I was referring to with my comment. If they really are "just words," I could have been offended just as easily by "the," or "and," or "it." And to be honest, I am. You foul mouthed brute.
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Date: 2003-11-14 11:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-11-14 11:52 am (UTC)Especially if the bastards have the nerve to add an "s" on the end....
THE HORROR!!!
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Date: 2003-11-14 12:14 pm (UTC)...
Ni!
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Date: 2003-11-14 12:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-11-14 12:24 pm (UTC)I think we both know how this must end.