Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Cunt" in English language version.
Random House (1994) is more gender-specific: 'a despicable, contemptible or foolish man'... "Donald, you are a real card-carrying cunt" (1968)Hughes is quoting Lighter, Jonathan E. (1994). Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Vol. 1: A-G. Random House. ISBN 978-0-394-54427-4. The original quotation is from Crowley, Mart (1968). The Boys in the Band. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. p. 42. ASIN B0028OREKU.
C**T. ... a nasty name for a nasty thing(immediately following Cunny-thumbed)
a very unpleasant person... more noticeable in British and Australian English... in practice the word is usually applied to men"
Random House (1994) is more gender-specific: 'a despicable, contemptible or foolish man'... "Donald, you are a real card-carrying cunt" (1968)Hughes is quoting Lighter, Jonathan E. (1994). Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Vol. 1: A-G. Random House. ISBN 978-0-394-54427-4. The original quotation is from Crowley, Mart (1968). The Boys in the Band. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. p. 42. ASIN B0028OREKU.
a person, usu. male, with no negative implications ... Hello you old cunt
something very unpleasant or difficult to do or achieve ... She had a cunt of a job
... used of a person with narrow, squinting eyes
Nigger is far more taboo than fuck or even cunt. I think if a politician were to be heard off-camera saying fuck, it would be trivial, but if he said nigger, that would be the end of his career.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)... in the 1970s I thought this word for the female genitalia shouldn't be abusive. I believed it should be an ordinary, everyday word ... it refers to the internal canal only; all the bits that make it fun are left out. ... I refuse to think of my sex as simply a receptacle for a weapon.
... unlike other words for women's genitals, this one sounds powerful – it demands to be taken seriously. In the twentieth century, its strength didn't diminish. ... it became the most offensive insult one man could throw at another. In 1987, at a test [cricket] match in Pakistan, the umpire Shakoor Rana accused English captain Mike Gatting of unfair play. When Gatting denied it, Rana called him 'a fucking cheating cunt'. The fracas caused uproar. Yet only one newspaper, The Independent, dared print the expletive-laden exchange in full. Nearly twenty years later, in some quarters, it is used as a term of affection. Yet for most people the C-word is still a very offensive term ...".
I love the idea that this word is still so sacred that you can use it like a torpedo: you can hole people below the waterline; you can make strong men go pale. ... It is a word of immense power, to be used sparingly.