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How come in America Cunt is such a egregious word but not the same in Europe?

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Patnou@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Because they’re a bunch of silly cunts.

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    • abbadon420@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Prude cunts

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      • Klear@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Religious extremists.

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    • httperror418@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Get a load of this cunt /s (Billy Butcher from the Boyz)

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  • just2look@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I agree with the comments, but it’s also about how the word is used in the US. Cunt is really only ever used as a derogatory term for a woman. Usually a woman who isn’t subservient enough, or that doesn’t align with stupid ‘traditional’ values. So the reason is is egregious is because it is used hatefully by bigots. And decent people don’t want to be associated with that.

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    • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That might explain it better. In other places, we don’t discriminate, we apply ‘cunt’ to men as well as women. Example: That cunt in the white Audi has been hogging the overtaking lane for 3 miles.

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      • daggermoon@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Your example fits how I used the word.

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    • velma@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I do appreciate the effort to reclaim cunt though. It’s got a fun mouth feel. Very sharp.

      “Serving cunt” is an example

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      • Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        For a second I thought you were talking about the object and not the word until the third sentence jarred me back to reality… my bad.

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      • dkppunk@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I use it on occasion, but usually when I’m really trying to articulate how much someone is an asshole.

        Or it’s nice if used during sexy times 🤭

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    • daggermoon@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      To me a cunt is just an asshole or disrespectful person.

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    • Today@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I work with some cunts. They’re not cunty because their non-traditional. They’re just dumb as fuck and treat people like shit.

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    • Iusedtobeanalien@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      American gay folk use the word like Europeans and antipodeans

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  • DarkCloud@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    America is less okay with sex, sexuality, the human body, women, and nudity.

    They’re a violence culture, not a sex and human activities culture.

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    • kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      To be fair, violence is absolutely a human activity.

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  • velma@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    America is rather puritanical compared to Europe would be my guess.

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    • daggermoon@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      You ain’t too far off.

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    • halcyoncmdr@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Welcome to the origins of the colonies. It’s almost like there is a strong through line somehow even after 300+ years.

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  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    “Cunt” isn’t actually any more egregious in America than Europe. The difference is that here in America, there are just far more cunts to take offense.

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    • sapetoku@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Also, American cunts have guns.

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  • CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Because Americans are cunts. That’s why.

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  • slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    …ɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀ uᴉ ,ǝlᴉɥʍuɐǝɯ

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    • sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      😑 𝐒丅𝑜ρ 丅ⓗ𝐚丅

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  • humanamerican@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Because a lot of us are dumb cunts.

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  • IWW4@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You say potato, I say Potahto.

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    • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      And others say cunt!

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  • porter70000@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Habe you tried talking to Australians?

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    • kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Nah, yeah

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  • Fuckswearwords@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The second person singular of “kunnen” (to be able to) is kunt in Dutch. And that’s how after an eon or speaking and reading English I first noticed “can” doesn’t have an infinitive form in English.

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    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      we can create it, i propose “to cun”, because that will be funny.

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    • Iusedtobeanalien@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The Dutch I know use the word kut liberally

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      • bluesheep@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Cause for swears we don’t stop at body parts

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  • Nemo@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Because feminism is more normalized here, maybe? And so misogynistic slurs are less welcome.

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    • velma@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      We prefer different misogynistic slurs like bitch instead.

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      • Nemo@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Oh there’s a slew of them for sure.

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    • Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I’ll happily call a guy a cunt and say a girl is being a dick. We have ascended beyond misogyny. The old meanings of the words have been usurped. Same for bitch etc.

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  • GreenBeard@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Because conservative cancel culture and racism. Also the weird American Heresy that came out of the Third Reformation.

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  • stumu415@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Because of the fact that America is a Christian nation where White Jesus was born.

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  • massive_bereavement@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Not sure if it's the autism, but I never understood how the next are insults:

    • fuck you
    • asshole

    I mean one is pretty welcome if the right person joins in, and the latter is indispensable for survival. Yes it is a nasty job, but you wouldn't part of it willingly.

    Cunt, however, I see it as a derogatory term for women so I was a bit abated for how common the equivalent is in Europe.

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    • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Having an asshole is fine.

      Being an asshole would be shitty.

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    • Iusedtobeanalien@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Cunt is a term of endearment here in the uk

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    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      i mean, i would absolutely get rid of the need to poo if i could. A significant amount of the mass in poo is just red blood cells, which you could surely engineer the body to just recycle. It seems to me that poo is almost entirely a symptom of unintelligent design.

      Pee is a different matter because there are things we simply have to get rid of, and flushing them out with a bunch of water is a sensible way of doing that. Just tweak things so it doesn’t need to be so very dilute, and you have the ideal waste disposal method.

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  • wolfeh@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Reminds me of the word “spastic” which (though it can be used offensively in the US) is usually thought of in the US as more of someone who is goofy or uncoordinated.

    In plenty of other English-speaking places, it’s as bad as the word “retard”, and is often used to demean people with cerebral palsy.

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    • asret@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      So if I’m trying to be offensive then calling someone a “spastic cunt” should be broadly understood? Good to know.

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  • dragontology@retrofed.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Same word, same pronunciation, different meaning. In other parts of the world, cunt is a derogatory but generally endearing term for a male friend. In the US, it specifically refers to a woman’s genitals — more to the point, saying that’s the only useful thing about her.

    Context matters. If you’re copying someone and I say you’re aping them, that’s an acceptable term. However, if they’re Black, you might wanna choose a different word. Associating Black/African-Americans with primates in any way is considered to be extremely racist. Imitating is perfectly acceptable as an alternative.

    Back to cunt, it doesn’t even mean the same thing in Europe (English-speaking countries). You want fanny for that, but I’ve never heard of anyone calling someone a fanny to mean that they have one and its use is all they’re good for.

    Furthermore, in the US, cunt is a curse*. A curse is a kind of insult that goes beyond the surface level. It strikes you in your soul, and if it’s effective, it will stick with you. An insult can be brushed aside, but a curse lingers. The best curse I know isn’t even real, and it’s *Hab SoSlI’ Quch*, which is Klingon for “your mother has a smooth forehead.” YOUR mother has a smooth forehead (most likely) and so does mine. However, Klingons, from *Star Trek*, are defined by their bony forehead ridges. But mating across humanoid species is mostly possible in *Star Trek*, so the claim is that your mother isn’t Klingon. I should also point out that in Klingon society, honor (and dishonor) is hereditary, meaning the virtues and failings of a father are carried by his son. And that Klingon women are stronger than human men, and some Klingon men in fact. Klingon sex is violent, with hitting, kicking, and sometimes cutting. It’s a battle, basically. So for a Klingon man to have a partner with a smooth forehead, it means he’s not man enough for a Klingon woman… and his son probably isn’t, either. Worf, the Klingon on *Star Trek: The Next Generation and its movies and spinoffs, portrayed by Michael Dorn, has a son by a human woman… and his honor is rarely questioned. Though I’m sure his son, Alexander, has been teased about it (his forehead ridges are less pronounced than other Klingon children, so it’s kind of obvious). Now that’s a curse that hits low and hard.

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