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Gaugamela

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9. Actually the vulgar use meaning female genitalia goes back to Middle English,

Reply to FoxNewsSucks (Reply #4)

Sat May 14, 2022, 12:53 PM

May 2022

and may be derived from Latin cunnus "female pudenda"

cunt (n.)
"female intercrural foramen," or, as some 18c. writers refer to it, "the monosyllable," Middle English cunte "female genitalia," by early 14c.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/cunt

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Cunt was okay? wryter2000 May 2022 #1

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Actually the vulgar use meaning female genitalia goes back to Middle English, Gaugamela May 2022 #9

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