Over the years, one starts to question how certain sex slang come to be and the word “cunt” has always fascinated me for it is such a strong sounding curse word. The “C” word is quite common to use as an expression one uses to describe a horrible woman in adult dating relationships and since 1973, it has been formally known as an actual word describing a female’s genitalia in Oxford’s Dictionary.
However, where did this harsh sounding word come from and why do so many Etymologists argue about it?
The word ‘cunt’ seems to first have been introduced on a list of streets names in London around 1230. The street name in question was named ‘Gropecuntelane’ and it was a street known for the dirtiest and lowest forms of prostitution.
The word is also believed to be derived from the German word, ‘kunton’ which refers to a female’s genitalia. The word wasn’t then referred to as a negative connotation to a woman’s vagina, but rather it embraced it. Food for thought.
Men, on the other hand, recognized something dark and repugnant about the word. Most men considered a cunt to be something to penetrate and ejaculate in simply to spread their seed. There was no romantic meaning towards the word and has now become a sex word that means the opposite of love and tenderness. This is why so many men today still use the “C” word as one of the most notorious and frequent insults directed at females.
Funny, how broken telephone works over the centuries.