cunt

Etymology

From Middle English cunte, queynt, queynte, from Old English *cunte, from Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ. Cognate with West Frisian kunte, Middle Dutch conte (Dutch kont (“butt”)), dialectal Swedish kunta, dialectal Danish kunte, and Icelandic kunta. A relationship to Latin cunnus has not been conclusively shown. Partridge suggests cuneus (“a wedge”).

noun

1. (vulgar, countable) The female genitalia, especially the vulva.
   An' doesn't ter know? Cunt! It's thee down theer; an' what I get when I'm i'side thee, and what tha gets when I'm i'side thee; it's a' as it is, all on't. 1930, D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Chapter 12 (speaking Midlands vernacular, but both Lawrence and his character know standard English)
   Ah! This power-house of human misery and ecstasy, the cunt! 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1138
   Then there is a drum roll, and I watch open-mouthed as she bends over and produces a string of red cloths from her femininity. "What better way to celebrate 10 years of Camberwell Arts Week than pulling 10 red handkerchiefs out of my cunt?" she asks. 23 Jun 2004, Leo Benedictus, “A bit of hanky-panky”, in The Guardian
   I saw the Virgin's cunt spawning forth the snake 2014, Behemoth, Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel
2. (vulgar, offensive, countable) An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person (in US, especially a woman; in UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand more usually a man).
   Vinokur pulled the trigger a second and third time. "You're lying, you Polish cunt!" he screamed. 2007, Elazar Barkan, Elizabeth A. Cole, Kai Struve, Shared History, Divided Memory, page 287
   He rails against political correctness and health and safety regulations, and earlier this summer was accused of calling Gordon Brown "a cunt" in unbroadcast comments to his Top Gear audience, whom he has also referred to as "oafs". 12 Nov 2009, Patrick Barkham, “Top Gear: Why We're Mad About the Boys”, in The Guardian
3. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, countable) An objectionable object or item.
   Fix the car? I’ll sort the cunt out at the weekend.
4. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, countable, vulgar) An unpleasant or difficult experience or incident.
   Certain situations just cry out for it – keys breaking in the lock, not being able to find the starting point in a roll of sticky-tape, running out of bin-bags. The kind of everyday annoyances that Alanis Morissette would define as irony are actually cunts as far as I’m concerned. 11 July 2016, Rachel Braier, The Guardian
5. (vulgar, countable and uncountable) A woman, women, or bottom (i.e. submissive partner, not the top) as a source of sex.
   I’m going to hit the clubs and see if I can get me some cunt.
6. (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, UK, vulgar, positive, countable) (with words funny, good) A person (mostly between male friends); compare bastard.
   Yes, I do remember Dave; he was one funny cunt.
   Tom's a good cunt: he fixed my car and didn't even charge me for it!

adj

1. (LGBT) Amazing or very good.
   Look at her like how can you not say cunt[,] she's cunt 2022 December 29, PeachyPlumz (on reddit), in "Symmetra is a ‘gay icon’?", Reddit
   she's so CUNT ... like... how can i not say cunt??? 2023 May 24, cutehammie (on reddit), in "Trans ally Azealia", r/popheadscirclejerk, Reddit