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-->'''Greggs''': Did you just call the mother of your chilldren a cunt?

In other English-speaking countries it's nowhere near as mind-blowingly offensive (but still not something you'd use in public) and it's generally unisex. In some situations (ie. among young [[ViolentGlaswegian Glaswegians]] or [[LandDownunder Australians]]) it might even be a term of ''affection''. See ''{{Trainspotting}}'' where it's not a word, [[JustAddBitch it's a punctuation mark]]; it's also likely to be practically a catchphrase for any LondonGangster. Other languages can have similar uses for the word. In the Dutch language, in particular, it's considered completely harmless [[hottip:* : Only among close friends, particularly those of younger social circles]]: you're having a cunt day when there's cunt weather outside and the cunt dog ate your cunt homework, which is, as the Dutch say with heartfelt compassion, "cunt for you". [[hottip:* :The Dutch equivalent word is "kut", pronounced exactly the way you think (like "cut", but with a bit of a softer sound - "kuht"). It's also not applicable as an insult to men, and as the example illustrates, it's most commonly used as an adjective, of sort. "Die kuthond" ( that cunt dog, literally) is, in the context of this example, very much comparable to "that fucking dog".]]

In other English-speaking countries it's nowhere near as mind-blowingly offensive (but still not something you'd use in public) and it's generally unisex. In some situations (ie. among young [[ViolentGlaswegian Glaswegians]] or [[LandDownunder Australians]]) it might even be a term of ''affection''. See ''{{Trainspotting}}'' where it's not a word, [[JustAddBitch it's a punctuation mark]]; it's also likely to be practically a catchphrase for any LondonGangster. Other languages can have similar uses for the word. In the Dutch language, in particular, it's considered completely harmless [[hottip:* : Only among close friends, particularly those of younger social circles]]: you're having a cunt day when there's cunt weather outside and the cunt dog ate your cunt homework, which is, as the Dutch say with heartfelt compassion, "cunt for you". [[hottip:* :The Dutch equivalent word is "kut", pronounced exactly the way you think (like "cut", but with a bit of a softer sound - "kuht"). It's also not applicable as an insult to men, and as the example illustrates, it's most commonly used as an adjective, of sort. "Die kut hond" ( that cunt dog, literally) is, in the context of this example, very much comparable to "that fucking dog".]]

__>'''Ken:''' I retract that bit about your cunt fucking kids.

** One episode [[OrSoIHeard allegedly]] has the poster for the school lesbians' club printed with "C U Next Tuesday!"
*** Allegedly nothing. This Troper can confirm it.

* GarthEnnis has no problem with the word, especially in ''TheBoys'', where the first line of dialogue in the series is a protagonist saying, with regards to superheroes, "I’m gonna fucking have you. You cunts."

* GarthEnnis has no problem with the word, especially in ''TheBoys'', where the first line of dialogue in the series is a protagonist saying, with regards to superheroes, "I’m gonna fucking have you. You cunts."

* ''KickAss'': Said by Hit Girl to a room full of criminals ("OK, you cunts, let's see what you got")--it's also in the comic, but the film caused an uproar because it was an actual sweet-faced 11-year-old saying it. Never mind that her character had just [[spoiler:killed about six people with a freaking samurai sword; [[ThinkOfTheChildren the word is apparently far worse]]. Even though the movie's rated R.]]
** This garnered even more controversy because the speaker was an eleven-year-old actress playing an eleven-year-old girl. Apparently she asked her mother's permission first.

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** This show doesn't shy away from this trope in general. Two particularly memorable examples are as follows: Uncle Junior, a by-definition old geezer, breaks his hip in the shower and exclaims '''"YOUR SISTER'S CUNT!"''' In another case, Christopher gets to go on a movie set and suggests a curse word alternative to bitch - ''pucchiacha''. When asked what it means, he simply deadpans: "Cunt."

** That excuse ''might'' work, but it's hard to look at Cindy [=McCain=] and think she has that kind of sense of humor... or [[StepfordSmiler any sense of humor at all]].
** The fact that he had also joked about her being raped by a gorilla didn't help either
*** WTF? Link or it didn't happen!

** Eh... what??? This troper is Hungarian and he could've sworn that "picsa" is a very strong word for "ass".

* It carries less stigma in Britain, of course, but one episode of ''ImSorryIHaventAClue'' had Stephen Fry describe "countryside" as "the act of murdering Piers Morgan."

* There was a sourcebook for the superhero TabletopGame ''SilverAgeSentinels'' literally called CountryMatters. It was a roster book of female supers. SoYeah.

* Used to refer to [[CillianMurphy Jim]] in ''28DaysLater''.

* In ''InTheLoop'', while berating an American Senator, Malcolm shouts, "You are a real boring fuck. Sorry, sorry, I know you disapprove of swearing so I'll sort that out. You are a boring F, star, star, CUNT!"

In other English-speaking countries it's nowhere near as mind-blowingly offensive (but still not something you'd use in public) and it's generally unisex. In some situations (ie. among young [[ViolentGlaswegian Glaswegians]] or [[LandDownunder Australians]]) it might even be a term of ''affection''. See ''{{Trainspotting}}'' where it's not a word, it's a punctuation mark; it's also likely to be practically a catchphrase for any LondonGangster. Other languages can have similar uses for the word. In the Dutch language, in particular, it's considered completely harmless [[hottip:*: Only among close friends, particularly those of younger social circles]]: you're having a cunt day when there's cunt weather outside and the cunt dog ate your cunt homework, which is, as the Dutch say with heartfelt compassion, "cunt for you". [[hottip:*:The Dutch equivalent word is "kut", pronounced exactly the way you think (like "cut", but with a bit of a softer sound - "kuht"). It's also not applicable as an insult to men, and as the example illustrates, it's most commonly used as an adjective, of sort. "Die kut hond" ( that cunt dog, literally) is, in the context of this example, very much comparable to "that fucking dog".]]