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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:22 AM Original message |
There is on word you really just can't say: the c-word! |
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Extend a Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. WTF?? |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Apparently Jane Fonda said it on live TV yesterday |
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Extend a Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
38. oh, thanks |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
2. but, i heard jane fonda say it yesterday...gotta love jane |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Really? What was the context? |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. they were asking her about the 'vagina monologues' and she replied that she was |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. ahhhhh |
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IndieLeft (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. My mother uses it for little old ladies that cut her off |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
3. One of the original Heavy Seven... |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I mean, I think it's even worse than fuck. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
41. Yep |
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Snotcicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
6. Than I shunt. nt |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
7. It's too bad, because it's a fun word to say. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. the brits use it as a term of endearment....good ole c*nt |
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Beausoleil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. And if one can't say the letter "C" |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
47. and if they don't like you, you're a "bloody c*nt".... |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. fun? |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I'm just talking about the word, not the meaning of the word. |
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monktonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. If watermelons are full of water.... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I like 'frazzle'. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Understand. Thank you for the explanation. nt |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Ugly, disgusting? |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. you might be onto something |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #32 |
46. I threw religion in because I think that is where self loathing stems from |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. ok |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
50. see #44 for the origin of the wrod |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. ugly and disgusting? |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. I happen to love female anatomy |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
49. see response #44 for the origin of the wrod. |
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negativenihil (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
8. give it 5 years... |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
9. Weird how we target sexual organs, sexual activity, and biological functions as epithets |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
12. Are you kidding? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
13. Is the "t" word acceptable.. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. ooh |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. No. nt |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. The cast of "Spamalot" apparently thinks so. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
42. no. . but it IS funnier than the C word |
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whatchamacallit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
17. I guess to some women it's like the N-word |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Yes, it is. "Bitch" now has WIDER usage in popular culture and we're trying to hold off this one. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
52. my favourite responses to "you bitch" are: "AKC registered, darling" |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. It is to me. The first time I heard it, it was used in anger.... |
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canadianbeaver (929 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
24. As a woman....I have no objection to it.....its just a word..... |
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IndieLeft (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
27. I thought it was okay... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
29. Words are not "just" words, and every culture known to man has been aware of this. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
48. "Just words" are very often the first step to physical abuse! |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
33. The preposterous thing about this is that Fonda |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
35. I was a young Marine, so my .... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
36. Latin words are fine, and anglo saxon ones for the same thing are horribly naughty. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
39. Ah yes... those good old Anglo-Saxon four letter words.. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
40. Used in a nasty, derogatory,misogynistic way, true. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
44. as inga muscio (and barbara g walker) have pointed out, that word was originally |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. Paraphrasing what I said in another post.. |
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Cruzan (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
45. Except for the English |
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nomo (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
51. Here's a song by The Queers |
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