Middle-Easterners in "Discovery"

[Nakita Akita]

You can try, but human nature says otherwise.

The recipient of the insult is the one that gives if power.

 

[Nyotarules]

The recipient of the insult is the one that gives if power.

I am going to assume you are from a privileged ethnic group.

 

[Nakita Akita]

I am going to assume you are from a privileged ethnic group.

Yea.
I've only been called a "fucking slut. Ugly dumb bitch, lesbian slut, dumb broad, stupid bitch, dirty cunt slut, ni**er, and just the generic, slut, cunt, bitch, whore, and oddly, Catholic, Ni**er lover"

Those are just some Ive heard.
I just laugh,
I mean really. The person saying these things didn't have the intelligence to actually even come up with an original insult!
It's not worth my time.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Yea.
I've only been called a "fucking slut. Ugly dumb bitch, lesbian slut, dumb broad, stupid bitch, dirty cunt slut, ni**er, and just the generic, slut, cunt, bitch, whore, and oddly, Catholic, Ni**er lover"

Those are just some Ive heard.
I just laugh,
I mean really. The person saying these things didn't have the intelligence to actually even come up with an original insult!
It's not worth my time.

It's good you're strong enough that such comments roll off your back.

 

[psCargile]

Hmm, I thought the C-word was just as atrocious as the N-word. I guess not.

 

[Nakita Akita]

Hmm, I thought the C-word was just as atrocious as the N-word. I guess not.

Nope.
Not with an international audience.

 

[donners22]

Hmm, I thought the C-word was just as atrocious as the N-word. I guess not.

It's pretty much a term of affection in Australia.

 

[Refuge]

Hmm, I thought the C-word was just as atrocious as the N-word. I guess not.

It is to me.

 

[Refuge]

It's pretty much a term of affection in Australia.

I call bullshit on that.

 

[Longinus]

Hmm, I thought the C-word was just as atrocious as the N-word. I guess not.

What? Seems pretty surreal, they're not even close.

 

[Kor]

In my neck of the woods, I was under the impression that the C-word is absolutely the most vile and derogatory word that can possibly be used to refer to women. But I guess vocabulary usage differs in different countries where the same language is spoken?

Kor

 

[Longinus]

In my neck of the woods, I was under the impression that the C-word is absolutely the most vile and derogatory word that can possibly be used to refer to women. But I guess vocabulary usage differs in different countries where the same language is spoken?

That certainly varies by a region a lot. My understanding is that in US it is very strong female-specific insult, whereas in UK it is mid-strength unisex insult.

Usually insults that are specific to a certain target groups are (justly) perceived more negatively, as they connote underlying bigotry in a way more general purpose insults don't.

 

[Tuskin38]

Yeah, severity of an insult depends on the culture really. Some places one word is more offensive then it is in others.

 

[Ovation]

Oh bugger off, the lot of you.

 

[Kor]

It's pretty much a term of affection in Australia.

I call bullshit on that.

According to Wiktionary, it does seem to be used as an earthy term of endearment (specifically among and in reference to males!) in Australia and New Zealand. One would never encounter that usage in the US.

Kor

 

[Ridcully]

They use beeps overthere for commonly used words....funny place!

 

[Nyotarules]

Oh bugger off, the lot of you.

Bunch a wankers!

 

[Tallguy]

This thread is a roller coaster.

 

[Ridcully]

They use that cu.t word alot in GoT.....
Hehe

 

[cultcross]

According to Wiktionary, it does seem to be used as an earthy term of endearment (specifically among and in reference to males!) in Australia and New Zealand. One would never encounter that usage in the US.

Kor

Also true in some social circles in the UK. It's definitely not a word for polite company, but it is used pretty casually in, well, less polite company.