the new taboo

[Dave Wilton]

> The C-word is used in "Sex and the City" as seen here in Oz, though
> whether it is broadcast with this decoration in the US I don't know.
> Here the program is aired, if that is the word, after 9.30pm, at
> which time indelicacies are less strictly policed. This program is
> the only place where I have heard it used in the regular media.

In the US, "Sex and the City" is on HBO, a subscription television service.
Such language, and other things like nudity and  violence, are common fare
on HBO. I don't watch the show, but you're probably seeing the same version
we get in the US.