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In reply to the discussion: I wish you insensitive pricks would quit with the fat shaming. The governor is horrible because he [View all]Babel_17
(5,400 posts)Yeah, using that as an insult can be iffy imo. I've thought about this before as I've used that derogatory term in describing people and groups in other forums.
I tell myself it's not a sexist term for the following reason. Anyone can innocently engage in behavior that might have people muttering "prick" because of it.
If I was managing a traffic detour and I had to tell people they couldn't go where they wanted to go it's not because I'm a prick. I didn't get off on it.
If I got off on it, if I enjoyed discomforting people by use of my power, I'd be a prick.
So imo the term "prick" has an aspect of "getting off" to it. I think it derives from a person commingling their individual power with their sexual vigor. Acting like a prick is like flaunting ones erection or otherwise strutting.
Women can be that way but an aroused woman is not as obvious as an aroused man, conventionally speaking.
Which reminds me,
Chet: Lady, I wanna get to the bottom of this. ASAFP.
Lisa: Oh, so do I.
Chet: But first I'd like to... butter your muffin.
Lisa: Why do you have to be such a wanker?
Chet: Because I get off on it!
NSFW (swearing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=fgPFXXhzBCE#t=101
Substitute "prick" for "wanker".