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CUNT
cunt, puss, pussy, slit, snatch, twat
(noun) obscene terms for female genitals
cunt, bitch
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cunt (countable and uncountable, plural cunts)
(vulgar, countable) The female genitalia, especially the vulva.
(vulgar, offensive, countable) An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person (in US, especially a woman; in UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand more usually a man).
(British, Australia, NZ, vulgar, countable) An objectionable object or item.
(British, Australia, Ireland, NZ, vulgar) An unpleasant or difficult experience or incident.
(vulgar, countable and uncountable) A woman, women, or bottom (i.e. submissive partner, not the top) as a source of sex.
(Australia, New Zealand, British, vulgar, positive, countable) (with words funny, good) A person (mostly between male friends); compare bastard.
Usage notes
• Writing in 1961, Partridge notes the term had been avoided "in written and polite spoken English" since the 15th century and had been considered obscene since around 1700. Partridge further notes the term's absence from the 1932 Universal Dictionary of English and the 1933 Shorter Oxford Dictionary, and himself bowdlerizes it as c*nt.
• In many English-speaking countries, "cunt" is the most offensive swear word: a study by several British broadcasting organizations found that it was the most offensive word, with 96% classing it as severe; a similar study by New Zealand's Broadcasting Standards Authority found that it was the most offensive word there, offending 74% of New Zealanders.
Synonyms
• See vagina
• (unpleasant person) prick, asshole, bitch, bastard
Anagrams
• Cnut, unct
Source: Wiktionary
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