The C Word
The Unmentionable Swear

Today I was pontificating upon why we find certain words offensive… Take for example the unmentionable swear… If you delve into the origins of the C Word you will find that it’s utterance has not always had such a Taboo attached to it…

It is thought that the C word derives from the old Norse Kunta and the Latin cunnus – meaning both mysterious and wedge – hardly an offensive origin is it? Whereas the more accepted term: Vagina derives from the Latin for ‘Gaping wound’. Or literally a place to sheath one’s sword…

In olde English the word was as inoffensive as say “Front Bottom” or the beautifully phrased “lady garden” Read more »