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

* The then-prince [[UsefulNotes/CharlesIII King Charles III]] reportedly referred to his son [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily Prince Harry]] as being "cuntstruck" when the younger man opted out of attending an official event in order to spend time with then-girlfriend Creator/MeghanMarkle. Harry himself, in his memoir ''Spare'', when describing the vitriol aimed at her, mentions her being referred to with this word, among other slurs, though he refused to write it explicitly and instead called it "the c-word".

* Averted for the French word "con" which usually means dumbass with varying degrees of intensity depending on adjectives used (even [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]] uses it in the dub). It's not polite but it is far from being the most offensive word as many French-speaking people don't know that it originally is a synonym for vagina (so when it ''is'' used in that context, it actually has the vulgar connotations of its English use).

* UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump was once alleged to have called Speaker Nancy Pelosi a cunt in [[https://www.truthorfiction.com/did-donald-trumps-letter-to-nancy-pelosi-secretly-display-f-you-c/ a letter to her towards the end of 2019]].

* Hinted at in the Worm Quartet song "Great Idea for a Song", a BreakupSong where the singer complains about his ex's flaws and laments that he could come up with a catchy song if only his ex's name rhymed with any of the insults he could think of. One line has the singer mentioned that he'd pay to change his ex's name to Shelly Hunt.

* ''Rock'N'Roll'': After [[spoiler:Lenka blatantly flirts with Eleanor's husband in front of her, Eleanor (who is dying from cancer)]] very bluntly warns her off, which includes the play's only use of the word "cunt". Apparently ''Literature/ZenAndTheArtOfMotorcycleMaintenance'' will be shoved there if she doesn't take the hint. It's even more powerful because the conversation pivots without warning, and the text specifies that the line should be delivered in a pleasant tone.

* The then-prince [[UsefulNotes/CharlesIII King Charles III]] reportedly referred to his son [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily Prince Harry]] as being "cuntstruck" when the younger man opted out of attending an official event in order to spend time with then-girlfriend Creator/MeghanMarkle.

* As a British-born critic who spent a long time living in Australia, Yahtzee of ''WebVideo/ZeroPunctuation'' frequently uses the word to in his reviews, perhaps most famously at the end of his review of ''VideoGame/QuantumConundrum'' when calling out an obnoxious UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} forum poster who claimed that anyone who didn't know how to edit Unreal .ini files to fix the game's issues or have a top-end PC had no business playing PC games.

* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Siren}} Siren 2]]'', there is the strategy puzzle game ''Kunitoris'', or Country Tetris. Given the naming convention of Tetris spinoffs, like Hatris and Welltris...

'''Vegeta:''' What? She's a c(bleep)t! A c(bleep)ty c(bleep)t! [[TemptingFate Whatcha gonna do it about it]] you big ol' c(bleep)t?! Gonna c(bleep)t all over me with your c(bleep)ty face and your c(bleep)t boots and your.....[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers VAGINA?!]]

Let's not beat around the bush. This is an article about the word "cunt".

** This was both [[{{Double Entendre}} slyly]] and pointedly referred to in a ''Series/LateNightWithStephenColbert'' sequence in which Colbert blasted the barbaric policy of Border Patrol separating children from their parents.

* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'': The street cleaners of the Palimpsest Car hate Casimira a lot. One street-cleaner points this out by stating how much Casimira should suffer and, as shown below, the first letter of each stressed-out word spells out "cunt".

* The spoof ''Film/DanceFlick'' has an implied use, where the dance teacher [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Ms.]] [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Cameltoé]] (Creator/AmySedaris) introduces herself:

* Perhaps the ur-example in mainstream comedy comes from Creator/GeorgeCarlin, who naturally included "cunt" in his groundbreaking seven dirty words you can't say on television. Carlin being Carlin he seems perplexed by the peculiar aversion that many people, particularly women, seem to have towards the "C-word" in particular and notes that unlike other words like "snatch", "box" or "pussy", "cunt" is not a euphemism.

* In ''Fanfic/CheatingDeathThoseThatLived'', it's Johanna's favorite word. Her chapter consists of the seven times where she called someone one throughout her life, from an annoying classmate to President Snow himself (twice!).

** Luna lets out a c-bomb when she start insulting Ragna in Chapter 56, though it's cut short via switching to Ruby's POV with the rest of her team and Jubei.
** In Chapter 70, after Ruby shoots off his hat, Terumi similarly lets out a c-bomb that Ruby cuts off. After Ruby shoots him point-blank in the face, he lets out another, and unlike the previous ones, it isn't cut off.

* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'': The street-cleaners of the Palimpsest Car hate Casimira a lot. One street-cleaner points this out by stating how much Casimira should suffer and, as shown below, the first letter of each stressed out word spells out "cunt".

-->'''Malcolm Tucker:''' You know, I've come across a lot of psychos, but none as fucking boring as you! I mean, you are a real boring fuck! Sorry, I know you disapprove of the swearing, so I'll sort that. You are a boring F-star-star... '''CUNT'''.
* In ''Film/TheHangover 2'', during the bachelor "brunch", Phil calls Stu's ex-girlfriend Melissa "a cunt". This resulting in Phil getting dirty looks from the other customers. Later, the transsexual woman Stu has drunk sex with calmly states while [[UnsettlingGenderReveal revealing her true nature]]: "This is Bang''kok'', not Bang''cunt''." The TV broadcast will change the line to "Bang''kitty''".
* In ''Film/{{P2}}'', the antagonist, demonstrating just how insane he is, decides that the best time to use this insult is when the woman he's been terrorizing all night is walking away with his taser after cuffing him to a wrecked car that's leaking gasoline. Predictably, this is the final straw that provokes her into using the taser to ignite the gasoline.

* Inverted in ''Film/HotFuzz'', when a SwearJar is shown. Each swear is given various rates, while some letters are replaced by SymbolSwearing. ''Except'' the word with the ''highest'' rate, Cunt. In the extra features, Creator/EdgarWright, Creator/SimonPegg and Creator/NickFrost are on a promotional tour for the film. They're about to do a TV interview.

* Tossed about so many times in ''Film/{{Closer}}'' that its two female stars took to using affectionately with each other in order to lessen their discomfort. Oddly, neither of their characters use it in regard to each other. It's said by one man to another who has slept with his wife, and by the same man to a woman, asking, "What does your cunt taste like?

-->''"In one intense scene, as Jackman recalled to us, Logan loses his temper at Laura. “I just yelled, ‘SHUT THE FUCK UP!’” Jackman says. “At the end of 40 minutes of this I went up to Maria, Dafne’s mum, and I said, ‘Maria, I've got an 11-year-old and I’m just really sorry.’ Maria said, ‘Aw, don’t worry, she just called you a cunt. In Spanish.’”''

* In ''Film/TheWayOfTheGun'', Creator/RyanPhilippe delivers this line that made it onto the list '100 Greatest Movie Insults'.
--> "Shut that cunt's mouth or I'll come over there and fuck-start her head!"

* In Ian [=McEwan's=] novel ''Literature/{{Atonement}}'' (and the film adaptation), Robbie uses the word twice in a short, obscene love letter which is accidentally delivered to Cecilia, the object of his affection. One thing leads to another, and in the end, it doesn't turn out well for either of them... One of the tracks on the film's soundtrack makes a subtle reference to it -- the track's name: "Cee, You And Tea". Cecilia at least finds it ActuallyPrettyFunny.

* Near the end of ''{{Literature/Vampirocracy}}'', Leon uses it in his typical ClusterFBomb. {{Justified|Trope}} in that this was a truly extreme situation to which his usual standard of cursing was inadequate.

** Marty Funkhauser's joke he tells Jerry Seinfeld: "P.S Your cunt is in the sink"

** In season 4 Arthur loves this, using it against his wife, [[spoiler:his daughter]], and a random bar fly.

-->'''Stewart:''' You know, I've spent ten years detoxifying this party. It's been a bit like renovating an old, old house, yeah? You can take out a sexist beam here, a callous window there, replace the odd homophobic roof tile. But after a while you realise that this renovation is doomed. Because the foundations are built on what I can only describe as a solid bed of ''cunts''.

*** Arya and (once again) Sandor exchange opinions on the naming of weapons, which gets alluded some seasons later to when [[spoiler:Olenna Tyrell reveals to Jamie she was the principal actor in Joffrey's assassination.]]

*** Captain Mero asks Daenerys to show her c-word to see if it's worth fighting for. Grey Worm is so offended that he offers to slice his tongue.

----> '''Daemon:''' I would rather feed my sons to the dragons, than have them carry spears and cups for your drunken, usurper cunt of a king.
*** Rhaenyra Targaryen mentions calling her midwife a cunt whilst giving birth.

* ''Series/KimsConvenience'': Mr. Kim once misspells "discount" as "discunt" on one of the signs in the store (the word is covered in some way whenever it's in the camera shot but it's made obvious that's the exact spelling Mr. Kim used). A customer finds it hilarious, whereas Pastor Nina and Mrs. Kim are horrified. Mr. Kim doesn't realize what "cunt" is and is confused as to why a big deal is being made over what he thinks is a harmless spelling mistake, leading Pastor Nina to awkward explain the connotations behind the word.

--> ''Go to a vagina orchard''
--> ''Count 1-2-3''
--> ''Spin that plant around''
--> ''You've got a third world country.''

* The Toadies song "Velvet" repeats the line "You hurt me, you cunt!" three times in the second chorus and the bridge begins with the word repeated three more times.

* Hinted at in the Worm Quartet song "Great Idea for a Song", a BreakupSong where the singer complains about his ex's flaws and laments that he could come up with a catchy song if only his ex's name rhymed with any of the insults he could think of. One line has the singer mention that he'd pay to change his ex's name to Shelly Hunt.

* In the UK, there's a punk rocker based in Basilidon called Music/KuntAndTheGang, who pretty much summons up this trope in a nutshell.

*** Their 2022 christmas single "Fuck the Tories" doesn't have any uses of the word, but the [[Main/ClusterFBomb 59 uses of "Fuck"]] make up for it.

* British stand-up ensemble sketch shows delight in getting this sort of crap past the radar. Even back in the 1950's Creator/SpikeMilligan slipped this into ''Radio/TheGoonShow'':

--> They say you're a cult, Nicholas, and oh, yes, I'd agree. you're one of the biggest cults out! You're one of the largest cults to be found anywhere!

* ''TabletopGame/{{FATAL}}'' has no problem with the word. This would not, in itself, be too bad. It then starts throwing around phrases like "mouth-cunt", "cuntress", "cunt-pipe" (really) and the name "Cuntrina".

* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': Character names change often due to [[WritingAroundTrademarks losing trademarks on names]], but Slag, the triceratops Dinobot, is the notable exception, with slag having become a slur for "slut" in the UK. ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' got around this along the abscence of the Dinobot Snarl leaving his name to be taken by the show's version of Slag, even lampshaded in an episode. ''VideoGame/TransformersFallOfCybertron'' would feature all of the Dinobots however, and thus renamed him Slug, which has stuck for [[Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction subsequent]] [[WebAnimation/TheTransformersPowerOfThePrimes appearances]] [[WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBotsAcademy of]] [[Toys/TransformersStudioSeries the]] [[WesternAnimation/TransformersCyberverse character]].

** In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', this word is dropped several times throughout the course of the game. Considering the other [[NWordPrivileges offensive words that are used]] and the overall [[BlackComedy cringe worthy]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice subject matter]] of the game, it's not surprising. However, it's thrown in for attentive radio listeners in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'': ([[{{Pun}} Head Radio]] music station is hosted by none other than DJ Michael Hunt, who states his name pretty frequently.

* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': Doctor Psycho calls Wonder Woman the c-word on national television, which shocks ''everybody'', then calls Giganta the c-word on a talk show. He gets kicked out of the LegionOfDoom (and the Junior League of Doomers) for it, with Lex Luthor saying the Legion [[EvenEvilHasStandards does not condone his behavior]]. Later, it is revealed even ''ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'' thinks Psycho using the c-word is in bad taste, referring to it as "a slur that even ''I'' dare not utter". In a meta example, this is another show that censors it despite making liberal use of "fuck" and "shit."

* "Did you know Stuart Adamson?" "He was a Big Country member." "Oh, I remember." This is derived from the original comment in Australian Federal Parliament by early 1970's Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in response to an angry outburst by a member of an opposing party (Country Party - now the Nationals half of the Liberal/National Coalition): "I'm a Country Member!" Gough Whitlam - "Oh, I remember".

--> '''Australian sovereigntist''': We're going to have our own independent state and call it the Principality of Australia!
--> '''Her Majesty the Queen''': You can't do that, you don't have a Prince.
--> '''Australian sovereigntist''': All right then, how about the Kingdom of Australia?
--> '''HMQ''': No, because you don't have a King.
--> '''Australian sovereigntist''': What do you suggest then?
--> '''Prince Philip''': Why not leave it the way it clearly is. A ''country''.

* In Spain and Venezuela, the word "coño" is dropped left and right, and although the literal translation ''is'' "cunt" (as in "women's genitalia"), it seems not to be considered as such a horrible thing to say (in fact, it's one of the first swear words young kids learn and use without being punished). The word can be used as an exclamation of surprise ("¿¡Qué coño ha pasado!?" = "What the fuck happened!?"), joy ("¡coño, cuánto tiempo sin verte!" = "holy fuck, I haven't seen you in a long time!"), annoyance ("¿Qué coño quieres?" = "What the fuck do you want?"), and certain variations of the word can mean something different. For instance the augmentative "coñazo" (it means "big cunt") can mean "boring, unbearably dull" ("¡Esto es un coñazo!" = "This is fucking boring!") or allude to an extremely strong or painful hit ("Me dí un coñazo con la puerta" = "I got hit fucking hard with the door"). On second thought, it would seem that "coño", in Spanish slang, is the equivalent of the English "fuck" (but is actually less vulgar).

** Similarly, the word "concha", which is mainly used in Argentinian and Uruguayan dialects of Spanish, is a swear word which also means "cunt", but is considered a very mild and common swear word in the same way "coño" is. "Concha de la lora" (which is used to express frustration) is the arguably most common way it's used.

* Creator/JaneFonda was appearing in a benefit production of the above-mentioned ''Theatre/TheVaginaMonologues'', and while being interviewed about it on ''Today'', casually mentioned on live daytime tv the title of one of the pieces. Meredith Viera apologized on behalf of NBC, and it was censored for broadcast in later time zones. [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/14/nbc-apologizes-for-jane-f_n_86686.html]]

* Amy Adams had to do a lot of cursing during on scene of ''Film/TheFighter''. She ran out of words, and David O Russell was off-camera throwing potential swears at her. Amy says that the C-word was the only one she refused to use.

* ''[[Film/BonesAndAll2022 Bones and All]]'': Sully is a friendly but creepy fellow [[ImAHumanitarian eater]] who follows Maren around and offers to be her companion. Obviously getting a DirtyOldMan vibe from him, Maren turns him down. In response, he launches into a vulgar tirade that includes calling Maren a cunt, instantly revealing that Maren made the right decision to avoid him.

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* In ''Film/TheExorcist'', when Regan is possessed by a demon, she swears a lot and uses this word among the [[ClusterFBomb vast range of swear words that she has]].
** "Do you know what she did, your cunting daughter?"

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA76qnQ9alM a parody of the 1984 PBS logo]], an angry P-Head shows up, causing the regular P-Head to say, "You smelly-ass cunt! What are you doing here?!" and run off screaming.