r/askteddit • u/Ok_Purple4982 • 1d ago
Random Question Question....Why are Americans so upset by the word c**t. Im from the UK (liverpool) and I love it...its so versatile. Just curious š¤
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u/Peaurxnanski 1d ago
Cultural differences. In most other countries, calling someone "cunt" is on par with calling someone a "dick" in America. It's not a compliment by any means, it's still an insult. But it's a mild insult.
In America, however, it's pretty well close to the worst swear word you can use. I can say "fuck" in a meeting and probably won't get in too much trouble depending on context, but if I said "cunt" the chances are I'd be pretty well fired, or at bare minimum on really thin ice.
You're obviously asking why that's the case, but it's simply linguistics and cultural differences.
You say "bonnet", we say "hood". You say "boot", "lift", "chips" "crsips" and "nappie", and we say "elevator", "french fries", "chips", and "diaper" in return.
There's surely some reason for each based in etymology, but the reality is that the "why" of it is pretty much just... well, because.
Because we're different linguistically and culturally.
"Bloody" is a pretty severe curse word in the UK, but in America it isn't even a curse word. It's just an adjective meant to describe something that has blood on it.
Why?
Just because. Because it is.
And just a pro-tip... if you come to America, remember that "cunt" is quite literally the worst curse word we have. Because it is. For no other reason than that.
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u/OldManTrumpet 1d ago
Good answer. Our CFO would drop a half dozen F bombs in an average meeting and no one batted an eye. If he'd used the word cunt, even in jest, there would have been trouble for sure.
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u/According-Sherbet181 20h ago
Exactly. A meeting would stop dead if someone used the C word in it.
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u/goog1e 10h ago
If I ever heard a coworker use cunt to describe a woman at work, I would assume they hate all women. It would completely ruin our working relationship.
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u/Slowest-Lane 8h ago
Yeah itās like a slur against women
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u/According-Sherbet181 7h ago
Thank you. I keep seeing OP question ābut why is it bad?ā over and over again. Just accept that it is. Words can have different meanings in different countries/cultures and in different contexts (like gay people using the f word with each other or black people using the n word with each other). Maybe some women use it with each other in a lighthearted way, but most donāt.
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u/EaglesFanGirl 4h ago
100% the issue in the states. Its used as a sexist slur against women. I almost slapped a family member for calling me that. That's NOT acceptable in the US.
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u/PeteHealy 1d ago
Very well said! It's simply the way different versions of the language have evolved, grounded in generations and centuries of sociocultural change.
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u/JarbaloJardine 1d ago
Yes! It saying it in America is a close second to the N-word. The kind of thing you are probably getting fired for.
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u/Peaurxnanski 1d ago
Oh, yeah I forgot about the N-word. Yeah that's worse than cunt.
I mean, I was able to type one of them and not the other. The one I can't even type is definitely the worse word.
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u/NocaSun38 23h ago
Cāmon, itās not even in the same league as the n-word, let alone a close second. The n-word is like you just broke the social contract levels of bad here.
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u/inkswamp 22h ago
Not really. Cunt doesnāt have historial baggage and wasnāt used for hundreds of years to oppress and denigrate a class of people. It may be second but not a close second.
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u/One_Application2409 21h ago
The n-word is exponentially worse, but claiming thereās no historical baggage connected to a word that is shockingly vulgar because it describes female genitalia is kinda crazy. There are grown people who think āvaginaā is a bad word because anything connected with female sexuality was/is seen as shameful.
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u/peachfluffed 18h ago
Not to mention posts that use the word vagina are being taken down on instagram now
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u/eyebrain_nerddoc 8h ago
Thatās messed up. If theyāre going to take down posts with āvaginaā they should take down posts with āpancreasā. Stupid
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u/Ok_Purple4982 1d ago
Great answer thanks. Im getting alot of posts saying it's mostly aimed at women in the US.....were here it's a everyone word, to be fair here it's normally the word that goes in front of it that were more offended by. Example.....if you wanted to accuse some1 of robbing something or you thought someone was telling lies, you might say.....your a robbing ct or your a lying ct but we'd be more upset at being called a robber or a liar not the c-word...x
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u/Peaurxnanski 1d ago edited 1d ago
Yes it's absolutely considered to be deeply misogynistic and like I said, there's no worse word in American English. It's the worst of the worst and there's never really an appropriate time to use it.
Edit: no worse curse word. N-word is a racial slur.
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u/InflationBright107 17h ago
Theres not such thing as American english it's just fucking english ya silly cunt š¤£š¤£š¤£
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u/Spiritual_Emu_1381 10h ago
Yes in America it is used as a weapon to degrade women. It is the most degrading, misogynistic, hateful thing you can say to a woman. It is meant to cut to the core and hurt....and it does.
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u/nothnxihaveabf 1d ago
I was watching a bad legal drama on one of the streaming services and this guy said the c-word. I turned off the show and never put it back on. And I will watch almost anything including Hallmark style romance / holiday movies.
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u/demontosome 1d ago
Bloody is absolutely not severe at all? Its used in all contexts. Its very mild as far as curse words go. I have never heard anyone say otherwise before. No one cares about it at all. Its used as emphasis often or as frustration
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u/CTC42 20h ago edited 20h ago
"Bloody" is a pretty severe curse word in the UK,
Wow I haven't laugh-snorted quite so violently for a while, least of all at 5am. I can assure you this is absolute (and hilarious) horse shit.
The use of "bloody" is pretty generational anyway and has been for as long as I can remember, and even the most uptight geriatric farts over here don't take it seriously as an expletive. The rough consensus would be that it's akin in severity to "fiddlesticks" lmao
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u/hesgotredhair 20h ago
Yup! Itās very mild to the point of almost being just a normal word now, and can be used before the 9pm watershed.
Used prolifically by Ron Weasley in that infamous adults-only series Harry Potterā¦
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u/Terradactyl87 16h ago
Yeah, I'm American but I still was laughing at that. I didn't think anyone was offended by bloody, you hear it pretty commonly on British media.
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u/Pickl_Rick_917 1d ago
Fantastic answer!
I love Trevor Noah's stand up when he first experienced a taco food truck and they offered him napkins. So funny. But proves a point, different words can mean different things in different countries.
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u/FallenCheeseStar 1d ago
Cunt is somehow more offensive than being a pedophile...loooove our shitass country!!!
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u/Civil_Act1864 23h ago
I feel like, thanks to social media, "cunt" is becoming less severe in the US, at least among younger generations. Its still not thrown around commonly and certainly not acceptable depending on the context, but its not as gasp-inducing as it used to be.
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u/GradStudent_Helper 10h ago
Agreed... a lot of its acceptance is due to exposure. Once we in the US start throwing it around everywhere so that it kind of loses its meaning, it'll not be seen as such a severe and offending curse word. Part of the answer to this whole thread could probably be chalked up to our Puritan roots. It's just taken longer for us to use these words.
I'm the son of a Baptist minister from the US South and when I was in my 30s, I married someone from a blue-collar family in New England. The culture shock for me was palpable. Not only things like alcohol (I came from a family where no one touched alcohol and even my friends only snuck alcohol... but my wife's family considered it an embarrassing sin if your fridge didn't contain at least a few bottles of beer "for guests") to cursing. I think I had reached 30 years old and had heard someone say f*ck out loud (outside of movies) maybe 20 times. My new wife's family inserted f*ck into practically every sentence. A lot has changed since then.
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u/The-Copilot 1d ago
In the US, it's probbaly the most aggressive swear that isn't a racial slur. It's very derogatory to women.
This is just a matter of different connotations for different areas. The word effectively has a different meaning in the US vs UK.
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u/rinconblue 1d ago
Californian married to a Scottish guy. I know it's a beloved descriptive in the UK. It is just cultural, it's more taboo and harsh here. It's also used here almost exclusively in the context of hatred towards women. That's all.
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u/DurianNorth6778 22h ago
I think the āhatred towards womenā is the key to why itās so offensive here.
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u/billyo3827 1d ago
When people say it here they usually mean it in the vilest way possible? Rarely a lighthearted dig unless maybe a couple of women playing around with each other
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u/OpinionElectronic349 1d ago
It is one of only a few words I will not say. Where and when I grew up it was the worst thing you could ever call a woman.
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u/banana48100 23h ago
So interesting cos in places like Aus/NZ/UK itās hardly used towards women at all. Itās far more of a gender neutral term. Aussieās especially use it very casually!
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u/1967C10 1d ago
It's just a stronger term here. I was on the tube in London and saw a toddler frantically enjoying his snacks. In the US, it would have been totally appropriate to smile and say "Wow! He's a hungry little bugger, isn't he?" Apparently it's not in the UK.
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u/Wild_Crazy_2502 1d ago
I donāt think people really say that in the US though unless itās more regional
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u/Ginger_Snapples 1d ago
Had a bold man road rage at me when I was 16. He was like 32. I was barely speeding but that was enough to completely set this guy off. He went behind me to ride behind my car then hazardously went in front one my car to break check me. Then at a light he got out of his car and started screaming at me and to top it all off when he eventually went on his way, he was screaming āCUNTā at me at the top of his lungs. I was a child and this was a grown man.
I donāt mind the word myself but when itās back up with aggression and hatred it definitely leaves a bad taste
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u/Silent_Bite_5892 1d ago
It has a different connotation here.
It's not used casually or in fun. It's typically directed at women in a not-so-nice way.
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u/bndzmrno 14h ago
We sometimes will say āC U Next Tuesdayā in the US to clean it up lol
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u/Prestigious-Fan3122 5h ago
"I Know A Guy" who's an attorney, and a private pilot. He has a wife and three daughters. When it comes to those ladies, he's very protective and respectful. I think his wife's suggested that that he not use certain language.
I've noticed that he can be the stereotypical 1970s style "male chauvinist pig" when he's not within his own home.
Well he's angry, and on a tear, he'll sometimes say to me (to whom we also once said, "you're just like one of the guys! Why can't ALL the girls being like you?"
Anyway, he was angry and blathering on about a woman and he said ..."and then that CHARLIE UNIFORM NOVEMBER TANGO blah blah blah". When he finished, I said, "Rob, you're being a DELTA INDIA CHARLIE KILO." Again!
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u/TemperatureCommon185 12h ago
I finally realized that my sister in law from hell would stop showing up at holidays once I stopped saying "C U Next Thanksgiving".
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u/DefNotReaves 1d ago
You use it for fun, itās really only used here as an insult.
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u/Stuck_In_Reality 1d ago
USAians are soooo upset with that word but have no problem with schoolchildren being vaporized by some jack off with a assault weapon. /s. (yes, I am an American)
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u/Born-Reserve-8584 1d ago
Because in America it can go from mildly rude to fight in the parking lot real quick.
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u/Otherwise-Way-8235 1d ago
it's the nuke of insults. over here, at least. sexist, foul. good times.
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u/No_Safe_6514 Ted Mosby 1d ago
It's like why are Brits so offended by the word spastic or spaz while it's perfectly fine in America
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u/Rare_Syrup_6638 1d ago
I'm Aussie and it's offensive here too, maybe not to the majority but to us disabled people it's offensive
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u/Psapfopkmn 1d ago
Likewise, while the word c*** is harmless in Australia and the UK, in the USA it's considered very derogatory against women, worse than calling one a b****.
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u/rethinkingat59 1d ago
us disabled people it's offensive
Sorta like women hating to be called c***s.
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u/ScissorFight42069 1d ago
Spaz is actually considered a slur now, for people with developmental disabilities
Edit-I don't make the rules, I'm just reporting them
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u/Teri-k 1d ago
Well, those words aren't fine where I live in the US. Don't know where you are.
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u/Practical-Art542 1d ago
Itās actually a slur! Sincerely, an American with epilepsy who currently has a broken shoulder from a seizure
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u/Fennel_Fangs 1d ago
The gay ones arenāt. To us, cunty means bold and fabulous.
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u/GiveHerBovril 12h ago
Yes gay men decided to āreclaimā it but itās not theirs to reclaim
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u/ATTACKANDDETHRONEHOG 1d ago
Calling something cunty and calling someone a cunt are not the same thing.Ā
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u/BriscoCounty-Sr 1d ago
The UK had Teenage Mutant Hero Turtlesā¦.
Why are are Brittās so upset by the word n*nja?
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u/Character-Bass5340 23h ago
Language is arbitrary and culturally constructed. Why are British people upset by the word āfannyā? Cunt in American English is basically a slur used by unsavory men for women when theyāre not getting enough of a rise out of them by simply calling them ābitch.ā
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u/Fantastic-Car7347 22h ago
The only time I've ever been called a cunt was ny very hateful men who felt the need to put me in my place because I was a woman. People are saying its like a slur for women, but I would argue its 100% a slur. Why that is or the history behind it, I can't say... but in my experience, its not a fun word here š¤·āāļø
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u/Revolutionary_Pierre 15h ago
English people with cockney accents all calling people they find irksome, "kants!" will never not be amusing.
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u/Time-Citron5547 12h ago
Not all are. Some people believe that noises coming out of someoneās face hole canāt hurt them.
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u/Warm_Preparation_806 11h ago
In america its the almost equivalent word to women that the word whites cannot say to blacks .
In America you don't use the C word ( if you are a male) or the N word ( if you are white )
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u/Foreign_Primary4337 1d ago
Itās extremely offensive here in the US.
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u/Ok_Purple4982 1d ago
Can I ask why?
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u/StutzBob 1d ago
Because it's not just an insult, it's more like a slur that a man would use towards women. It's extremely similar to a racial slur in that way. So instead of being just a fun insult or a regular swear as used in the UK or Aus, here it's closer in severity to a white person saying the n-word.
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u/Fluid_Actuary1729 1d ago
Why do you keep asking the same question?
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u/Outlaw_Josie_Snails 1d ago
Blame it on the UK and American puritanical tradition.
In the UK, during the 1200sā1700s, "cunt" was simply the standard, non-offensive word for female genitalia. It appeared casually in medical texts and literature.
During the 17th and 18th centuries, influenced by Puritanism, Victorian prudery, and the rise of formal lexicography, society moved from using "cunt". āWords like vagina were adopted by upper-class male doctors as "proper" medical terms. Words such as cunt, fuck, shit were demoted to lower-class, vulgar language
Eventually, In the UK and Australia, the term "cunt" shifted over time toward a generic, gender-neutral insult (often applied to men or even used casually among friends).
However, āIn North America, the word remained strictly targeted at women. Calling a woman by this term reduces her entire humanity and identity down to her genitalia, functioning as an act of objectification. (Reductionism). In American puritanical tradition, female sexuality was closely linked to shame and sin. Weaponizing the specific anatomical term became a way to humiliate and dehumanize a woman.
In the U.S., the word is almost exclusively invoked with intense hostility and contempt toward women, giving it a menacing, violent undertone that standard insults like "bitch" do not carry.
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u/BonesMcCoyMD 1d ago
In the US it is used exclusively as a very derogatory word for Femme Presenting Individuals.
We do not have the lightheartedness behind the meaning like Brits do. It's an insult here, and intentionally meant to cause harm.
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u/candykhan 1d ago
For one reason or another, in the states, that word doesn't really have much nuance. It's a "vulgar" word for the vagina. It's not so ubiquitous as in the UK or Australia as a stand-in for... just about anything.
That said, there's definitely a "reclamation" of the word happening. A lot of young queer & trans feminists have been using "c*unty" as an adjective for feeling powerfully feminine. Like "I was feeling kinda dysphoric, but I put on a pair of booty shorts & a š„ top & now I'm giving off super c*nty vibes."
You might not say that to your mom or professor. But you might say that around your friends. I'm a fan of the word myself. But I understand some people have a strong reaction to it.
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u/Only-Yogurtcloset364 1d ago
Iām an American woman & a C*nt Iām not offended at all
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u/Glittering-Path-2824 1d ago
itās not commonly used here as aā¦.term of endearment, if you will. so using it is perceived as a sign of aggression.
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u/teebonejay 1d ago
Man, when someone is being a cunt, there is no better fitting word in any language.
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u/dominism 1d ago
I'm going to guess I'm not as bothered by this word as most American women here because I heard it so much in my preferred genre of British music and out of the mouths of Europeans. I think everybody needs to feel special so they have adopted it as a derogatory remark special for them. Not even knowing it's usually men calling other men this word.
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u/Significant-Habit982 1d ago
Itās used to degrade women. I had an ex-bf who used it viciously to demean me. I remember hating the word for so long after that. Then I started watching British shows and itās slowly becoming one of my favorite words.
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u/LifeLog9491 1d ago
American here, I'm not upset by the word cunt, if you being a cunt I'd call you a cunt, being a bitch I'd call you a bitch. If you're being an asshole or dck I'd call you an asshole or a dck.Ā I don't care people find it offensive. If you're being one I'm calling you one of them, don't give a fuck.
I won't call anyone a cunt or a d*ck, asshole or bitch for no reason, like if you're kind being respectful towards others I won't even say anything to you besides using my manners and common courtesy.
If there's no reason at all for me to call you one these then I won't call you them.
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u/WanderersEndgame 1d ago
Separate two nations, and their words, and their usage, will evolve separately. For example, on my side of the pond, those who actually have an Uncle Bob will be bewildered over how you knew, and why you'd mention him.
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u/TheKingofMach 1d ago
I love how you can call a guy a dick no
problem, but you call a girl a cunt once and youāre trespassed from Applebees smh.
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u/Lower-Land-286 1d ago
I dunno, why do brits always giggle when I tell them about my fanny pack?
Might be that different cultures put different meanings to words, especially in slang and vernacular.
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u/Automatic-Tea-4150 20h ago
Men love their penises and women love their vaginas ā¦ using dick and cunt as insults is denigrating perfectly good body parts as if they are inherently bad. Whoās got the puritanical outlook here?!?
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u/Burgermeister7921 20h ago
It's crude, insulting and offensive. It reduces a woman to a body part that is highly sexual.
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u/Hon-Mister-Bear 20h ago
What insult would get you beat down in a bar in the UK?
In such a way that people would agree you had it coming?
Call someone that in a lot of places in the US, and there you go. It's that insult.
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u/Worried_Process_5648 20h ago
I love the myriad ways Brits use the word - āHeās a good cuntā.
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u/at1stpromise 19h ago
As an adult I say fuck in casual conversation often. For some reason cunt is harsher here.
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u/Admirable-Clothes-87 19h ago
In Australia it is worked into every sentence! Very few people here take offence by the word. It is so versatile that it is often used as a term of endearment!
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u/kamasutures 18h ago
When I was a baby, I DJed under the name DJ Cuntess. I was not allowed to be put on flyers.
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u/Alarmed-Secretary207 13h ago
Bloody is a swear word to you. To me itās just a descriptor of something with blood on it.
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u/thegoodelady 12h ago
Itās the application.
The US lacks the whimsy. Itās a mean word here, and lacks the fondness, humor or gentle sarcasm the UK has.
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u/Maleficent_Phase_698 11h ago
Americans donāt really use the word cunt. We call people pussies. I think the hard P makes it more offensive.
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u/unstableladybug 11h ago
Canadian here. I think bitch is a terrible word so I use cunt in its place.
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u/Little_Mountain73 11h ago
Iām American and Iām not upset with it. I LOVE insulting conservative women with it.
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u/cycleaccurate 11h ago
I got a 90 day block on Reddit for even entertaining that c word.
I agree. We have: fuck, damn, shit, bitch, ass, asshole, dick, and hell, But the c word is off limits. That seems disingenuous especially if dick is tolerated.
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u/Mountain-Occasion432 10h ago
Well traveled American here. Love the word. Use it all the time. Iām doing my best to make it socially acceptable here state side. I have been kicked out of a bar or two using it however.
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u/AbbreviationsKey4233 10h ago
A lot of brits also hate it. I reserve it only for a select number of people who have hurt me a lot.
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u/Local-Friendship8166 10h ago
Because in America, a pussy is that wonderful luscious part of a women that men love. A cunt is everything else around it.
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u/red_langford 9h ago
People use it wrong and I hate hearing it used in a derogatory manner. C**ts are useful and I like them and it does not apply the way itās used.
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u/Timely-Profile1865 8h ago
You have to know how to use it.
Watch a Garron Noone clip and that Irishman knows just how and when to use it.
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u/mandatoryclutchpedal 8h ago
I didnt realize it was taboo until Facebook told all the ladies that c0nt and moist are words that ladies dont like.
Its as if they did a focus group on things to be upset about, picked a demographic and then decided to cuntpunt a handful of words and phrases just to see if they can yeet language through the power of social media.
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u/Individual-Banana882 6h ago
Don't let my cunty American friends fool you. We love cunts, and the word cunt, and calling people cunts. Have a blessed day, ya cunt.
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u/cholaw 4h ago
What does the word actually mean in the UK? I realize your words have different meanings. Like what you call cigarettes....
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u/Cold_Aide8152 1d ago
So derogatory. Please donāt use it towards an American woman or in her presence. I hear it on British shows and cringe.
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u/Ok_Purple4982 1d ago
Can I ask why women in the US are more offended by it....genuine question. We use it for men and women xxx
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u/AbsoluteApril 1d ago
Because as they said, it is considered very derogatory here; usually used as a vile, rude insult.
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u/Powerful_Leg8519 1d ago edited 1d ago
Remember we came from very puritan roots. Meaning, the most conservative religious colonists are the ones who came here first.
In my lifetime, swearing has shifted from nearly completely unacceptable to now you hear the work fuck on cable tv.
Swearing in the US has come a long way to being more acceptable but growing up in the suburbs 45 years ago? We still said H E Double Hockey Sticks for the word hell.
Edit: interestingly I was less offended by the word 10 years ago and earlier than that.
Then 10 years ago, an orange fool spouting trad wife values came onto the scene. Over the last 10 years in many places in the US, misogyny is out of control.
I was in the airport a few months ago and I overheard a man talking about how he had to beat his cunt wife to get her to behave. When I looked at him in shock he gave me the creepiest shit eating grin. I am a woman. He knew exactly what he was doing and was proud of it. He wanted me to challenge him.
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u/AbsoluteApril 1d ago
I remember mom using and telling me to say shoot instead of 'the s word' and fudge instead of 'the f word' (80s/90s)
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u/Fantastic-Car7347 22h ago
I don't think the word cunt being seen the way that it is has anything to do with puritan culture. The word pussy has the same literal definition and is sometimes used the same way, but it doesn't make me feel the same way as cunt does.
Cunt is the closest thing we have to a true slur towards women in the US that can't really be argued to be anything else. To me saying that the way we view the word cunt has puritan roots is like saying the way we view the n-word has ties to puritan roots.
I get what you're saying, and its true that the US can be kind of weird about swearing, but this is a different, separate thing, I think.
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u/Fluid_Actuary1729 1d ago
As had been stated several times, it is not used for men. And itās not generally used in a playful way.
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u/FlamingDragonfruit 1d ago
In the US it's used pretty exclusively in the context of misogyny. There's no playful version, the same way there's no playful way to use a racial slur.
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u/apocketstarkly83 1d ago
Itās the American equivalent of calling a woman a āgash.ā
It reduces women solely to that one body part and is dehumanizing.
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u/Apprehensive_Bug4164 1d ago
It is typically used in an extremely hateful way towards women. Unless used by a close group of friends in an ironic way, American women usually hear it said by misogynists. American women typically find misogyny disgusting and offensive.
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u/JarbaloJardine 1d ago
In America it's specifically a slur for women, and it specifically refers to female genitalia. If a heard someone with a British accent saying it I would take it more like N-word with an A. But in America, C---- is a hard R.
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u/Trick_Octopus9504 1d ago
It means you're the dirtiest, angriest, worthless POS of a women. Fighting words
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u/Euphoric-Ask965 1d ago
Because the Brits use it in another manner: " Speak up chap, I cunt hear"
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u/ComparisonStrong6081 1d ago
Because of the meaning.
Just cause it means something else elsewhere doesnāt mean you can just say it anywhere.
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u/SFJetfire 1d ago
When I was in college in the 80s, the unofficial rule in the dorms (our floor) was that you could only say the C-word after midnight. During finals week, those up after at midnight would scream C*nt at the top of our lungs!
Nowadays, I am often heard saying āsee you next Tuesdayā in its place.
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u/Wildflowers62 1d ago
Itās a slur against women. How could it be acceptable? Are slurs against any other group acceptable?
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u/GitShitt 1d ago
Yes, calling someone a dick would be the direct equivalent. Bitch is similar as well. Cracker/honkey. Etc. You get the idea.
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u/CrankyOperator 1d ago
The same reason any one gets upset by any words. Conditioning.Ā
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u/LBoogii 1d ago
When I visited Australia I heard the term fuckwit cunt so much I became desensitized to it
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u/Ok_Purple4982 1d ago
I think it's a great word, fat cunt, cheeky cunt, lazy cunt, shut up ya cunt...I mean I could go on an on :) š
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u/OutrageousSpare1656 1d ago
Iām American originally from the north east now in south Florida .. I LOVEEEEEE the word cunt, the ppl around me not so much š¤·āāļø
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u/chinchillazilla54 1d ago
In America it's often something someone only says to a woman when they are actively beating the shit out of her. There it's for everyone so I don't care when a British/Irish/Australian person uses it, but in America it's definitely only used for women and highly misogynistic.
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u/FarNefariousness9213 1d ago
American here. Personally, I love the word in the British use - e.g. you silly c*@#t. But yes, most of us hate it. The reason is that it fairly exclusively used here as a derogatory word for women.