Why is the c word so offensive ?
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s with inconclusive reasoning.
Why is the c word so offensive to men and moreso to women? There are a whole host of other offensive words but this one really takes the biscuit for out and out insults. Why is it so bad ?
s with inconclusive reasoning.Why is the c word so offensive to men and moreso to women? There are a whole host of other offensive words but this one really takes the biscuit for out and out insults. Why is it so bad ?
Edited by Matt172 on Thursday 1st October 17:52
In medieval London there was a street called 'Gropee Lane'.
I haven't been able to find out whether the area was subsequently redeveloped or the street just had its name changed.
Either way I'll bet the word was used very differently in the past, and did not have the negative associations that it has today.
e Lane'. I haven't been able to find out whether the area was subsequently redeveloped or the street just had its name changed.
Either way I'll bet the word was used very differently in the past, and did not have the negative associations that it has today.
I think it is generally used to describe someone who is utterly without any redeeming features, mosts swearwords leave a little room for redemption. Therefore to have your entire vocabulary open to you, but to choose that word, really means you must genuinely dislike the person.
In the case of women finding it more offensive than men, I'm not so sure, maybe its to do with the fact that you have referred to their private parts and intensley insulted them at the same time. Then again I don't 'go off on one' if someone calls me a penis.
In the case of women finding it more offensive than men, I'm not so sure, maybe its to do with the fact that you have referred to their private parts and intensley insulted them at the same time. Then again I don't 'go off on one' if someone calls me a penis.
Mobile Chicane said:
In medieval London there was a street called 'Gropee Lane'.
I haven't been able to find out whether the area was subsequently redeveloped or the street just had its name changed.
Either way I'll bet the word was used very differently in the past, and did not have the negative associations that it has today.
No,the word was used as it is now...there were Gropee Lane'. I haven't been able to find out whether the area was subsequently redeveloped or the street just had its name changed.
Either way I'll bet the word was used very differently in the past, and did not have the negative associations that it has today.
e Lanes in the "red light" districts of lots of towns..I think the one in London is now Threadneedle street or that area..Mobile Chicane said:
In medieval London there was a street called 'Gropee Lane'.
I haven't been able to find out whether the area was subsequently redeveloped or the street just had its name changed.
Either way I'll bet the word was used very differently in the past, and did not have the negative associations that it has today.
It was because they used to name streets after the 'economic activity' carried out there. So it would have been called 'Gropee Lane'. I haven't been able to find out whether the area was subsequently redeveloped or the street just had its name changed.
Either way I'll bet the word was used very differently in the past, and did not have the negative associations that it has today.
(e) Lane' because people paid to grope (e)s there. I'm pretty sure that a number of English cities had a street named Grope(e) Lane, but I think London may have had more than one.emicen said:
I was always under the impression it was specifically a raped vagina. Hence why women found it so offensive.
No, it's a very old word, just for vagina.And apparently originally without the offensiveness. The river Kennet in wiltshire was originally the River [unt, referring to age old fertility rites and all of that.
I am, however, a fan of the modern use, shown in great effect in Kevin Bloody Wilson's song "Caring Understanding Nineties Type"
esselte said:
Mobile Chicane said:
In medieval London there was a street called 'Gropee Lane'.
I haven't been able to find out whether the area was subsequently redeveloped or the street just had its name changed.
Either way I'll bet the word was used very differently in the past, and did not have the negative associations that it has today.
No,the word was used as it is now...there were Gropee Lane'. I haven't been able to find out whether the area was subsequently redeveloped or the street just had its name changed.
Either way I'll bet the word was used very differently in the past, and did not have the negative associations that it has today.
e Lanes in the "red light" districts of lots of towns..I think the one in London is now Threadneedle street or that area.. Lanes have no been renamed; some are now just know as Grope Lane. Edited by Dr_Gonzo on Thursday 1st October 15:01
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