Huffy Flounce

Is it a sad panda?

In the UK it frequently gets used as a mocking term of endearment. Somebody cracks a joke at my expense, it's acceptable for me to call them a "funny cnut". Not in front of the local priest or anything though.

Alternate word, with potentially just as much venomous meaning for the same thing if deployed in such a way. Where do we stand on "Quim" ??

I was particularly surprised by Loki using it, as in "Mewling Quim" to refer to Natasha in The Avengers. I remember thinking at the time that the censors either didn't know what it meant, or thought it was too olden timey to cause offence.

Dalty wrote:Is it a sad panda? In the UK it frequently gets used as a mocking term of endearment. Somebody cracks a joke at my expense, it's acceptable for me to call them a "funny cnut".

You're thinking of a polar bear.

It's spelled "Knut," by the way.

Dalty wrote:Alternate word, with potentially just as much venomous meaning for the same thing if deployed in such a way. Where do we stand on "Quim" ??

I was particularly surprised by Loki using it, as in "Mewling Quim" to refer to Natasha in The Avengers. I remember thinking at the time that the censors either didn't know what it meant, or thought it was too olden timey to cause offence.

[Fake Strider mode]why not both?[thatwastooeasy]

I'm just curious why the word "pussy" doesn't get as much push-back. It basically means the same thing, but it's my impression that the women who are offended by the c-word aren't as offended by the p-word. Shouldn't the same principle hold for both words, though? Maybe because it's not used in the same manner, even though it refers to the same body part?

Mal Shot First wrote:I'm just curious why the word "pussy" doesn't get as much push-back.

It probably has something to do with skimping on the Kegel exercises.

Mal Shot First wrote:I'm just curious why the word "pussy" doesn't get as much push-back. It basically means the same thing, but it's my impression that the women who are offended by the c-word aren't as offended by the p-word. Shouldn't the same principle hold for both words, though? Maybe because it's not used in the same manner, even though it refers to the same body part?

Unlike the c-word, "pussy" is usually used in a positive/desirable context, as in "I'd like to get some of that pussy."

Plus we like cats a lot. You could mean cats.

I already thought of an exception: in the novel and film "Atonement," the c-word is used in sexy dirty talk and becomes a crucial plot point. Leave it to the Brits to expand the term.

"Expand the term"? I'm sniffin' a setup!

I admit that whilst I have used the term pussy (and had it said to me) during amorous adventures, the C word and it's use at such times has been absent in such activities.

Well, in that case, modus et conventio vincunt legem.

You leave your laws out of this!

I can't believe the Duggars have not been brought up in this thread.

Duggars?

You just have to ask questions, bra. We will answer.

Or in this case, use Google first. Please.

I want a WWE/TLC crossover series called Duggan and Duggars.

Jim Bob?

And Jim Edward.

Dalty wrote:I admit that whilst I have used the term pussy (and had it said to me) during amorous adventures, the C word and it's use at such times has been absent in such activities.

Without the actual context in which it was said to you, I can only think of one possible way: "Dalty, stop being a pussy and get working down there."

But then again, the Brits use the term differently than the Americans.

Oh Mal, you are such a pussy.

Anyone who didn't watch that video clip is going to think I am being very rude.

I think most of us here are Arrested Development fans.