Cunt
2003-06-11 19:39:06.484319+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
A cultural history and etymology of 'cunt'.
It is clear that the word 'cunt' is a powerful taboo within Western society, and has been so for over five centuries, though there is also evidence that, at one time, it was a word with no social stigmas or offensive connotations: "early citations [suggest] that the term, while vulgar, was descriptive rather than obscene" [Green, 1998]. Chaucerian disguising of the term ("queynte" [Chaucer, 1400]), and Shakespearian punning references ("country matters" [Shakespeare, 1604]), are evidence of its later taboo status.