![]() On the other hand, it has been given the cryptical definition ‘a nasty word for a nasty thing’ by lexicographer Francis Grose, it has been described as ‘the most heavily tabooed word of all English words’ by writer Hugh Rawson and it has been crowned ‘the most offensive word on TV’. ![]() It’s the oldest word for the female genitals in the English language, and it predates the decent vagina, but unlike this ‘proper’ loanword from Latin, the old cunt was denied entry to the Oxford English Dictionary until the 70’s. You can drop it like a bomb or extend it in the middle to hum it like a tune. One short rounded vowel followed by the nasal n-sound, cocooned together in between two plosive consonants. In this blog she gives a sneak peek of this event.Ī beautiful word.
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