Obscene language has changed over the years. What were one considered as “taboo”, “naughty”, “foul” or “dirty” words are in many instances a part of the cultural landscape now. Their use has evolved; they are used so much now that we just take them for granted.
The word “fuck” comes to immediately to mind in my head when it comes to words or phrases that have lost some of their power. With the advent of rap music and other pop culture twists, the word has lost a lot of its power as a “bad word”. While it’s still not a word that can easily be used in, say an office environment or the Vatican, out in the real world it’s used so much as to have lost a lot of its punch.
That’s why I’m bringing the use of the word “cunt” back.
In the book Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, the word is described as “a nasty name for a nasty thing” or “a very despicable person”. (Love that word, despicable). Someone horrible, rotten to the core, bad, unredeemable, nasty, terrible, hideous, atrocious.
It has mostly been used throughout the years as an offensive term used to describe the vagina. Now I don’t know about anyone else, but I’ve never used the word in that particular context. There are far better sounding words that can be used to describe the vagina, which truth be told is one of my favorite anatomical parts, and the one that gets most men in a whole lot of trouble.
Cunt used to be used in a lot of British comedy, such as Monty Python’s Flying Circus, and in many British sitcoms. While it was considered a bad thing to call someone, there was also a quaintness about it, along with a good bit of humor. Someone would call someone else “a silly cunt” and you would laugh about it.
These days, it’s considered by many to be worse than using the word fuck. Taboo. Forbidden. “The Word Not To Be Used” (taking a Harry Potter-Voldemort sort of spin against it). I think we the general public should exploit that badness, that awesome ugliness, and use it more. When speaking about a woman in a derogatory fashion, the word most often used is the word “bitch”, and it too has lost a lot of its punch and power over the years. Again, rap music had a hand in it through the use of phrases like “bitches and ho’s” but rap isn’t totally to blame. It’s a common word even on basic cable these days. Even sitcoms aired in prime time use the word.
“She’s just being bitchy”.
“She acted like a real bitch towards him.”
I am proposing that we all try to use the word cunt more in our daily speech, and not just when talking about a person who is evil or just plain wrong. No, I think we should use it to refer to anyone, male or female, who is stupid or evil or just an overall pain in the ass.
“That guy just cut me off in traffic. What a cunt that guy is.”
“Your boss is a real cunt.”
“John’s son just spit on me. He’s about a spoiled little cunt.”
See? There’s power in that little word. Power that tells the listener exactly how horrible the person being spoken about actually is. Very little ambiguity involved if you refer to someone in this way. Just the way the word sounds coming off of the tongue expresses distain. If said with enough menace behind it, there is even some evil that comes with it.
Language, like a lot of things, evolves over time. In the world of slang, I think it’s about time for cunt to make a comeback, so to speak. Use it in daily conversations, print it on t-shirts, in advertising.
“Yes, I Know I’m a Cunt”
“It’s Cuntilicious”
“Cunt-like behavior”
"Cuntageous"
The word “fuck” comes to immediately to mind in my head when it comes to words or phrases that have lost some of their power. With the advent of rap music and other pop culture twists, the word has lost a lot of its power as a “bad word”. While it’s still not a word that can easily be used in, say an office environment or the Vatican, out in the real world it’s used so much as to have lost a lot of its punch.
That’s why I’m bringing the use of the word “cunt” back.
In the book Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, the word is described as “a nasty name for a nasty thing” or “a very despicable person”. (Love that word, despicable). Someone horrible, rotten to the core, bad, unredeemable, nasty, terrible, hideous, atrocious.
It has mostly been used throughout the years as an offensive term used to describe the vagina. Now I don’t know about anyone else, but I’ve never used the word in that particular context. There are far better sounding words that can be used to describe the vagina, which truth be told is one of my favorite anatomical parts, and the one that gets most men in a whole lot of trouble.
Cunt used to be used in a lot of British comedy, such as Monty Python’s Flying Circus, and in many British sitcoms. While it was considered a bad thing to call someone, there was also a quaintness about it, along with a good bit of humor. Someone would call someone else “a silly cunt” and you would laugh about it.
These days, it’s considered by many to be worse than using the word fuck. Taboo. Forbidden. “The Word Not To Be Used” (taking a Harry Potter-Voldemort sort of spin against it). I think we the general public should exploit that badness, that awesome ugliness, and use it more. When speaking about a woman in a derogatory fashion, the word most often used is the word “bitch”, and it too has lost a lot of its punch and power over the years. Again, rap music had a hand in it through the use of phrases like “bitches and ho’s” but rap isn’t totally to blame. It’s a common word even on basic cable these days. Even sitcoms aired in prime time use the word.
“She’s just being bitchy”.
“She acted like a real bitch towards him.”
I am proposing that we all try to use the word cunt more in our daily speech, and not just when talking about a person who is evil or just plain wrong. No, I think we should use it to refer to anyone, male or female, who is stupid or evil or just an overall pain in the ass.
“That guy just cut me off in traffic. What a cunt that guy is.”
“Your boss is a real cunt.”
“John’s son just spit on me. He’s about a spoiled little cunt.”
See? There’s power in that little word. Power that tells the listener exactly how horrible the person being spoken about actually is. Very little ambiguity involved if you refer to someone in this way. Just the way the word sounds coming off of the tongue expresses distain. If said with enough menace behind it, there is even some evil that comes with it.
Language, like a lot of things, evolves over time. In the world of slang, I think it’s about time for cunt to make a comeback, so to speak. Use it in daily conversations, print it on t-shirts, in advertising.
“Yes, I Know I’m a Cunt”
“It’s Cuntilicious”
“Cunt-like behavior”
"Cuntageous"
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