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I avoid using that word (though I know the British don't cringe as much), Ocelot II 13 hrs ago #1
There ARE cases where it applies. USS_Dauntless 12 hrs ago #35
I look at the word like calling a guy a "Dick", obviously not saying the guy is like Nixon. Well, maybe so.. LiberalArkie 12 hrs ago #47
It is a no no word for my sex mr715 13 hrs ago #2
My lips are sealed but my big beautiful brain is "running free" with forbidden words. Marie Marie 13 hrs ago #6
Same here. I won't say it but with respect to certain people I'll think it. Ocelot II 13 hrs ago #8
I'm a woman Betty Boom 12 hrs ago #49
I'm a man mr715 12 hrs ago #52
So was I Betty Boom.... so was I! mountain grammy 11 hrs ago #56
I understand PatSeg 13 hrs ago #3
I find that word gross and vulgar. Dulcinea 12 hrs ago #28
Skags enid602 12 hrs ago #30
On a bondi thread I posted "itch hore" and was alerted on. mobeau69 12 hrs ago #37
Ditto that (without the "W" one) aeromanKC 11 hrs ago #59
How about bitch with a capital C? Tom Dyer 12 hrs ago #46
The best interpretation I have of Britons of using the word "c*nt" is, ironically, the same as when Americans say Intractable 13 hrs ago #4
She's puckered at both ends. Give Peace A Chance 12 hrs ago #42
I got admonished by DU monitors poli-junkie 13 hrs ago #5
See 37 above. mobeau69 12 hrs ago #38
This message was self-deleted by its author mobeau69 12 hrs ago #39
Nonsense Betty Boom 12 hrs ago #50
What are your views on sarisataka 11 hrs ago #58
I use the combination Traildogbob 13 hrs ago #7
Busted! snowybirdie 13 hrs ago #9
We've had many discussions about the word *bitch* on here. Some find it sexist to no big deal. Deuxcents 13 hrs ago #10
If I can't find a more creative insult than that, that would be on me EdmondDantes_ 13 hrs ago #11
+1 leftstreet 13 hrs ago #12
My wife, born and raised in the UK odins folly 13 hrs ago #13
I never used to use the B word. Irish_Dem 13 hrs ago #14
Kristi Noem too sboatcar 13 hrs ago #15
The one word (well, actually two) I will never say or even think DET 13 hrs ago #16
People are over thinking this Wifes husband 13 hrs ago #17
Wow. The fallacy is mercuryblues 13 hrs ago #18
No kidding. demmiblue 12 hrs ago #36
I thought you were going to say "Complicit". n/t Hugin 13 hrs ago #19
Contemptible. Harker 13 hrs ago #20
Misogyny isn't exclusive to the right, just sayin'. n/t demmiblue 13 hrs ago #21
She's an absolute c-word. mwooldri 12 hrs ago #22
With her, I would have to go with the old comeback steelyboo 12 hrs ago #23
Perfect Betty Boom 11 hrs ago #55
It's a word I rarely, rarely utter, but I was yelling it at the TV yesterday. LOL. Vinca 12 hrs ago #24
Same here. That's what made me post this Betty Boom 11 hrs ago #57
I hate it and will never use it, no matter how despicable someone is. Oneironaut 12 hrs ago #25
Nope. Still offensive Easterncedar 12 hrs ago #26
Channelling my inner Shakespeare from Twelfth Night ... aggiesal 12 hrs ago #27
What a wonderful play. I'll have to re-watch this - there are many productions available online. erronis 12 hrs ago #48
"See you next Tuesday" Pam Seinan Sensei 12 hrs ago #29
These people... idahoblue 12 hrs ago #31
Yeah, No. Kind Of Appalled, TBH. ColoringFool 12 hrs ago #32
Same obamanut2012 12 hrs ago #34
It is insanely misogynistic, even when used in British English obamanut2012 12 hrs ago #33
+1 leftstreet 12 hrs ago #41
Well that's the thing about British slang, they call the guys c*nts! Intractable 12 hrs ago #44
It's not a word i use, but there are times when virgdem 12 hrs ago #40
K&R red dog 1 12 hrs ago #43
Ah, rationalization and self-justification sarisataka 12 hrs ago #45
I thought I was the only one calling her that RainCaster 12 hrs ago #51
It is not a word I have used. TNNurse 12 hrs ago #53
I propose a new descriptor for the lexicon, going forward. kurtyboy 12 hrs ago #54

Ocelot II

(129,821 posts)
1. I avoid using that word (though I know the British don't cringe as much),
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 04:11 PM
13 hrs ago

but I have to admit it came to mind when I saw the Pamster's performance.

mr715

(3,292 posts)
2. It is a no no word for my sex
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 04:12 PM
13 hrs ago

I will admit its use in the UK and Australia is deeply comic.

And yes, it is a slur that is useful when describing the deeply depraved Pam Bondi.

But I'm not gonna say it. Out loud.

Ocelot II

(129,821 posts)
8. Same here. I won't say it but with respect to certain people I'll think it.
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 04:17 PM
13 hrs ago

The Mother Of All Karens is one of those people.

PatSeg

(52,667 posts)
3. I understand
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 04:13 PM
13 hrs ago

But honestly, that is one word I can never get used to. Maybe it is the way it has been used around me and even about me. I'll just stick to "b*tch".

Dulcinea

(9,878 posts)
28. I find that word gross and vulgar.
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 05:19 PM
12 hrs ago

But it certainly applies to Pam Bondi & Karoline Whatsherface. Nasty skanks, both of them.

mobeau69

(12,265 posts)
37. On a bondi thread I posted "itch hore" and was alerted on.
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 05:36 PM
12 hrs ago

I posted that in the title and nothing else. Then I see posts where the complete words are used all the time! I won’t say it’s not fair because like a friend used to say “The fair’s in July”.

Intractable

(1,773 posts)
4. The best interpretation I have of Britons of using the word "c*nt" is, ironically, the same as when Americans say
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 04:14 PM
13 hrs ago

"You're a dick!"

poli-junkie

(1,515 posts)
5. I got admonished by DU monitors
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 04:14 PM
13 hrs ago

for using that descriptor about another MAGA woman. I was basically told I wasn’t allowed to use that word.

Response to poli-junkie (Reply #5)

Traildogbob

(12,769 posts)
7. I use the combination
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 04:17 PM
13 hrs ago

Of two organs, especially for this scum of a woman. “DUNK”, to describe her personality. And that is pretty gracious for her.

Deuxcents

(26,127 posts)
10. We've had many discussions about the word *bitch* on here. Some find it sexist to no big deal.
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 04:24 PM
13 hrs ago

The word * cunt* is the ultimate of vulgarities here in the US but used quite freely in other countries so it’s the power given the word, as you say. If one considers Pam Bondi the ultimate of vulgarity and wants to use the word, I’m not going to argue..if the shoe fits kinda thing with me.

EdmondDantes_

(1,563 posts)
11. If I can't find a more creative insult than that, that would be on me
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 04:26 PM
13 hrs ago

I don't feel the need to use a gendered slur in our society. The term doesn't make me wince if used in a British context, but in the American context it does, even if used against someone I think is a clownish cretin.

odins folly

(570 posts)
13. My wife, born and raised in the UK
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 04:37 PM
13 hrs ago

Has given me her permission to use the word, out loud. I reserve it for very specific descriptions of certain individuals.

The ag is one of those individuals. In fact, the word came up a few times yesterday as we were discussing the things we had read about the situation….

DET

(2,432 posts)
16. The one word (well, actually two) I will never say or even think
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 05:01 PM
13 hrs ago

It just strikes me like a slap in the face. It reflects the ultimate degradation of women. People can say what they want in other countries, but that word is (or should be) completely unacceptable here.

Wifes husband

(715 posts)
17. People are over thinking this
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 05:01 PM
13 hrs ago

I try to consider my audience when I am writing or speaking, and I try not to offend with out reason. And if I did not mean to offend, I will apologize.

However, I will say whatever I want, whenever I want, and to whomever I want. If that offends some one, that may have been my intention.

mercuryblues

(16,269 posts)
18. Wow. The fallacy is
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 05:02 PM
13 hrs ago

that using the word diminishes its power to degrade and dehumanize women. If you truly believe that, go up to a group of African Americans and call them the N word.

demmiblue

(39,495 posts)
36. No kidding.
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 05:33 PM
12 hrs ago

Imagine reading this on the front page of DU (like this one is right now) : “ I'm happy that [insert name] has finally made Americans embrace the N word.”

Disgusting and disappointing.

mwooldri

(10,800 posts)
22. She's an absolute c-word.
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 05:08 PM
12 hrs ago

My favourite insult of late has been "Absolute American"....

I have plenty of choice words for that person.

Betty Boom

(420 posts)
57. Same here. That's what made me post this
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 06:06 PM
11 hrs ago

And then I was struck today on social media by how many times I saw it being used to describe her. If the shoe fits, wear it.

aggiesal

(10,652 posts)
27. Channelling my inner Shakespeare from Twelfth Night ...
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 05:18 PM
12 hrs ago

"By my life, this is my lady’s hand. These be her very c’s, her u’s, 'n her t’s, and thus makes she her great P’s. It is in contempt of question her hand."

idahoblue

(451 posts)
31. These people...
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 05:27 PM
12 hrs ago

They have made all the words applicable and accepted.
Fuck these fascist pig!
Bondi is the cuntious cunt in the entire world of cunts. Except maybe for the puppy killer.

obamanut2012

(29,267 posts)
33. It is insanely misogynistic, even when used in British English
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 05:31 PM
12 hrs ago

The meaning is still a term for a woman's genitals, and it is a negative term.

It si really gross to see this word advocated here at DU.

Calling ANY woman that is calling all women that.

leftstreet

(39,601 posts)
41. +1
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 05:44 PM
12 hrs ago

I hoped the comparisons upthread to "what if" normalizing the N word...would put a stop to this



Long ways to go before everyone stops thinking derogatory terms can sometimes be used as a "treat"

virgdem

(2,302 posts)
40. It's not a word i use, but there are times when
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 05:42 PM
12 hrs ago

it perfectly applies to certain people. and Bondi is very deserving of being called that name. If the shoe fits...

sarisataka

(22,369 posts)
45. Ah, rationalization and self-justification
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 05:55 PM
12 hrs ago

we sometimes see it here with homophobia.
Will it go as far as "rehabilitating" racist slurs because we don't mean every similar person, just one specific person? Time will tell.

TNNurse

(7,512 posts)
53. It is not a word I have used.
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 06:03 PM
12 hrs ago

When I worked in the hospital, we had a psych patient who was being admitted to a real psych hospital. We knew her well. She had tried to jump off balconies and elevated parking lots in our facility. We were waiting for an officer to pick her up for transport and she would not get dressed. She had on a hospital gown and that is all. She had clothes. Her nurse tried to reason with her and got called "cunt", the word had the desired effect on the nurse. I was the supervisor. I did not let it me even though the patient had an impressive grin on her face. I walked in and told her she could call me anything but either she got dressed or the cop and I would dress her. She backed down and got dressed. I told the nurse I understood her reaction. When used like that it is awful. Just so you know, later on the patient set fire to her apartment building and did some serious time.

But if I used the word, Pam Bondi and Karoline Leavette would bet the target.

kurtyboy

(986 posts)
54. I propose a new descriptor for the lexicon, going forward.
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 06:04 PM
12 hrs ago

Just as, in the film "Kingpin," the word for a loser was the surname of the lead character--a MUNSON.

From here on out, any petulant, bratty, unjustifiably contemptuous human who sounds like the current AG--well, I'm simply going to call them a BONDI.

As in, "Hegseth is such a Bondi." (Add Patel, Homan, Miller, and the champion Bondi of them all, Caroline Leavitt.)

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