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What do you call your, y'know?

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19:12 / 25.11.06

The last one's not mine, actually. I just couldn't leave that lie there; it's my pal, you don't know him.

I call it (that is: the penis) my cock, willy or dick, really.

19:25 / 25.11.06

I like Mike Hunt.

21:32 / 25.11.06

from the latin 'cunnus' (vulva) a word related to 'cuneatas' (wedge shaped)

Sort of gives new meaning to the term "wedgie".

I love my wedge.

03:58 / 26.11.06

"wang" and "axe wound" are the funniest. "schlong" is good too, I guess.

12:01 / 26.11.06

Bamba, how actually do you do that? Can you really differentiate between the use of the word privately, used in a sexual and loving way, and the use of the word as a really abusive term for someone you can't stand? For me the two states are completely alien to one another and so using the word in an abusive way is the complete antithesis of what it actually means and stands for.

I, uh, I don't know to be honest, but it seems I can and it works. It's a context thing, "So-and-so is an utter cunt," is so utterly different a statement in my head from "I love your cunt," that they just sort of differentiate themselves if you see what I mean. I mean I doubt anyone gets mixed up or worried when using the words "piece" and "peace", the fact that they sounds exactly the same doesn't mean you'd have any trouble using one without necessarily thinking of the other. Which is a crap example I realises but I'm just sort of thinking out loud here as I don't have a real answer for you. Though it strikes me now that it's no difference from calling someone a cock (which I do quite a lot as it's one of my insults du jour) and referring to my own cock. It's a totally different context and train of thought in my head, the fact that they're the same words if I stop to think about doesn't seem to really be an issue.

12:03 / 26.11.06

Oh, and to dip my toe in the etymology discussion going on, I did once hear that cunt came from 'fecund' (fertile), but I'm not at all convinced of that.

22:29 / 26.11.06

I can't really speak for England, but up here the word cunt is pretty versatile, used frequently in many different contexts. As an insult, impartially and even a term of endearment. It doesn't have quite the versatility or usage of fuck, but it has a similar range of applications. I'd reckon its crept into the dialect through first being used as an insult, and then being overused to the point of desensitisation.

I mean, I've heard it used as one of the worst concievable insults, as in "He's a fucking cunt". But it also often gets used as a totally neutral signifier, "that cunt over there", with no loaded meaning to it.

Like Bamba, I see the two usages of the word completely seperately. When used as an insult, the original meaning doesn't even cross my mind, probably because it gets heard so much in so many different contexts. Though saying that, I think Glasgow in particular has some unexamined fear/fascination with female genitalia in the language. Fanny is a just as popular, if less forceful version.

ONLY NICE THINGS

23:03 / 26.11.06

Jack Rolfe.

02:39 / 27.11.06

The unloved valve. The incredible shrinking confidence. The divining rod. Smelly bus stop. Unemployable.

04:52 / 27.11.06

"Piles of gash for fuck all cash" - real late night t.v. ad

Kiltartan Cross

17:35 / 27.11.06

Cock. Cunt. I'm not keen on the use of "cunt" as an insult, but more as a consequence of lack-of-respect than anything else. It's curious that I don't feel the same about the use of "cock". Perhaps it's latent autogynephilia.

I'll get me cu-

Bugger.

Elijah, Freelance Rabbi

18:49 / 27.11.06

For a while I referred to it as DMSO after the following party conversation:

"You know, DMSO, the universal penetrant?"

"I usually just call it Little Eli"

Dead Silence.

These days it goes nameless, like a wandering eye patch wearing Wolverine.

Haus of Mystery

18:58 / 27.11.06

I prefer 'The Fonz' and 'Potsy and Ralph Malph'. Obviously the Fonz is the main player.

Phex: Dorset Doom

19:02 / 27.11.06

'The Ultimate Nullifier'

Hydra vs Leviathan

19:06 / 27.11.06

"The Anti-Life Equation"

20:01 / 27.11.06

"You know, DMSO, the universal penetrant?"

I had no idea, what this is supposed to be and (along with Dimethyl sulfoxide) I found this:

The Defense Modeling and Simulation Office is "the catalyst organization for Department of Defense modeling and simulation and ensures that modeling and simulation technology development is consistent with other related initiatives."

BTW, the German word penetrant translates as obtrusive.

21:01 / 27.11.06

"Groucho"

Honestly.

Elijah, Freelance Rabbi

21:08 / 27.11.06

Dimethyl sulfoxide is the correct answer.

It is a very tiny molecule that can penetrate most organic material and be 'dosed' to carry other chemicals (usually anti-inflamatory medications).

There was a time in the 1970's where people in Montreal claimed that their doorknobs had been smeared with a mixture of DMSO and LSD.

21:49 / 27.11.06

Is doorknobs a euphemism, in that last sentence?

Elijah, Freelance Rabbi

21:51 / 27.11.06

Unfortunately no.

That would make for a more interesting urban legend though wouldn't it?

21:53 / 27.11.06

It would certainly encourage me to visit Canada.

ONLY NICE THINGS

21:54 / 27.11.06

Come to Canada and get LSD rubbed into your Stephen Dorff?

Yep. That could work.

15:57 / 28.11.06

Now, I spotted that Stephen Dorff was a euphemism there.

19:28 / 28.11.06

well it's usually 'Herself' or 'Himself'.

One of my favorite waitresses informed me hers was a Va-genie because there was magic in her pants. I tend to use this in polite conversation rather than vagina though in sexy sex talk cunt and cock do appear.

Now if only there was a magic in the pants term for male bits my sex vocab would be golden.

19:46 / 28.11.06

I love that DMSO story and the resulting exchange.

Why do people tend to name their bits as if they were the most magical and uber-special gift that anyone could ever be given? They are just body-parts after all, aren't they? Isn't it 'seen one seen'em all'? Or are everyone else's gold plated and I'm missing a trick?

Elijah, Freelance Rabbi

19:54 / 28.11.06

From now on I will refer to mine as The Prestige, because it is magical damn it!

20:25 / 28.11.06

Elijah wins.

07:30 / 29.11.06

I got platinum from Dr. Magnus.

Harrison Ford, in a battle suit, wheels for feet, knives and guns

08:52 / 29.11.06

Now if only there was a magic in the pants term for male bits my sex vocab would be golden.

Wand? or Wizbit?

09:04 / 29.11.06

The Purple Wizard of Ooze?

ONLY NICE THINGS

09:18 / 29.11.06

The Graf Spee?

Not that magical, I admit, but historically important.

Harrison Ford, in a battle suit, wheels for feet, knives and guns

09:20 / 29.11.06

Grima Wormtongue or Saruman if you've got a big head!

Personally I prefer Treebeard.

09:24 / 29.11.06

Purple-helmeted meat warrior

Harrison Ford, in a battle suit, wheels for feet, knives and guns

09:37 / 29.11.06

hold on hold on, we're not in Weatherspoons! Soon you'll be saying that "someone's got an oppointment with the drill instructor"!

Wrong.

The resistable rise of Reidcourchie

09:41 / 29.11.06

Maximillian Ustimenko, which oddly enough is what I would name my first born.

Is that wrong?

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