the new taboo
Arnold Zwicky
zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Wed May 28 15:42:16 UTC 2003
jimmy mullan reports on the much greater offensiveness of "cunt"
vs. "wanker".
to clarify my earlier message: i certainly heard both used of men
when i lived in the u.k. but i never heard "cunt" used *to* a
man. "wanker", on the other hand, had a range of teasing, friendly
uses, of the "hey, colin, you old wanker!" variety. i can't
imagine such a greeting with "cunt" in it.
arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu)
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