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=== === * Some people wonder about the word c-u-n-t, wondering if it had something to do with "cunning" as in "a cunning woman was a negative thing." It has nothing to do with cunning (which is related to the verbs "ken" and "can") and everything to do with what it means today: "female genitalia."
It first shows up in a list of London street names of about 1230. That street name was, interestingly, Gropecuntelane, one of a warren of streets and alleyways all given over to the lowest forms of prostitution and bawdry. It lay between Aldermanbury and Coleman Street (where the Swiss Bank stands today) and it belonged to one "William de Edmonton." Curiously, medieval Paris had a street name with an identical meaning -- Rue Grattecon. Oxford and York apparently also had similar versions of that street name.
* C-u-n-t is believed to derive from a Germanic root kunton "female genitalia," which also gave rise to Old Norse kunta (ancestor of Norwegian and Swedish dialectical kunta and Danish dialectical kunte), Old Frisian, Middle Low German and Middle Dutch kunte, and the English doublet "quaint." And, by the way, the word wasn't always considered derogatory, even though it is today. Be careful about assuming that a word's modern connotations must have governed its formation.
By the way, no connection has been made between the Germanic words and Latin cunnus. The proto-Germanic root of c-u-n-t is ku- "hollow place," while the Indo-European root of Latin cunnus is (s)keu- "to cover, to conceal," the etymological meaning of cunnus being "sheath." See the Related Link for more information.
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โ 13y agoUnfortunately, people use the word cu*t [kuhnt] for women (origin of the word is the meaning for a vagina) but is also racially used towards white people. However, I strongly discourage this or any other bad word to be used because it is very rude.
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โ 13y agocaca poopo its bad cuz kids eat it for dinner.
Different people have different versions of the c word. Often it is a four letter word , a slang word for a female's sexual organ.For others, it's cancer or corruption or whatever they fear or dislike which starts with c.
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โ 12y agoi cont tell u that, because its a bad word.
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โ 11y agoLook in the mirror, it should be written on your forehead
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โ 13y agoCrap cool cup careless
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