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For context, we're both talking about Australia here, right? What's (IMHO) uniquely Australian is the slang adoption of "cunt" for men, sometimes in a positive
by teractiveodular 2y ago
For context, we're both talking about Australia here, right?
What's (IMHO) uniquely Australian is the slang adoption of "cunt" for men, sometimes in a positive sense (good cunt, mad cunt), sometimes negative (dog cunt, shit cunt). But, just like the US, you absolutely cannot use it to refer to a woman unless you intend to offend.
- ggm 2y agoYes. Australia. But, that usage remains highly contested as acceptable. It's been my experience that it's an emerging trend which is leveraging social media. It's like code switching, few people would do it in front of their wives, girlfriends, bosses or strangers. Whereas "fuck" is almost entirely normalised amongst the under 60s. My 80yo contacts still apologise when they say it. "Being John Malkovitch" implied it was edgy arts scene in the US who used it. For me, it's been ex forces telecommunications technicians and .. younger bogans. This is why I think it's braggadocio: Used because it remains transgressive.
- Loughla 2y agoIn the US, the youth are using the word cunt like we used to say bitch. Could be bad could be good, just depends on the context.
- pessimizer 2y agoI don't really think they are. I almost only see it used on women (and gay men) in the US; it's just become more acceptable to publicly call women "cunts" lately. I think it's come from straight middle-class adoption of drag queen culture, which young people grew up with.