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"C--t"::: As a broader derogatory term, it is comparable to prick and means "a fool, a dolt, an unpleasant person – of EITHER sex". This sense is common in New Zealand, British and Australian English, where it is usually applied to MEN or as referring specifically to "a despicable, contemptible or foolish" MAN.

During the 1971 Oz trial for obscenity, prosecuting counsel asked writer George Melly "Would you call your 10-year-old daughter a c--t?" Melly replied "No, because I don't think she is."

In the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the central character McMurphy, when pressed to explain exactly why he does not like the tyrannical Nurse Ratched, says, "Well, I don't want to break up the meeting or nothing, but she's something of a c--t, ain't she, Doc?"

In American slang, the term can be used to refer to "a fellow male homosexual one dislikes".

Other meanings
It can also be used to refer to something very difficult or unpleasant (as in "a c--t of a job" ),...

...in British, Irish, New Zealand, and Australian English, with NO negative connotations to refer to a (usually male) person. In this sense, it may be modified by a positive qualifier (funny, clever, etc.)

For example, "This is my mate Brian. He's a good c--t."

JacarC 8 June 5
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It has become the most vile of terms after the "N" word. If I spelled either word this post might be deleted. It is abserd that a word can hold so much power. I embrace both words, use neither, but will in the right context, such as reading a book outloud.

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Disagree about the 'c' word in England it is a part of the female anatomy and calling someone a ct is seriously bad - In shakespearean time s it is just descriptive of a womans vagina I don't know in what age the transition of meaning took part but try not to let anyone call you a right ct if you are in england

I was quoting from various sources about how the word is used elsewhere and therefore has less power than here in the US where people take offense. .
It is Jim Jeffries could use it so much in aussie land without issue.
The original word means vulva. The word was first used in the 1200s. And became derogatory in the 1800s. more than 500 years of reason. And then not so much.

Sad so many give such power to words, and therefore their users. Not good for free speech.

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In S.A. it is totally a swear word. meaning not a nice person ?

exactly. for any person.

@Jacar
Yip, for anyone !

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