Reply #56: Sure, I use all kinds of words. It all depends on the context, situation,

[Goldmund]

how well the person I'm with knows me, whatever. There are no absolutes. I don't ever get hung up on words. It's the attitude behind them that matters, and also, it's so boring to always be so direct and straight... sometimes you put a filter of some kind of irony, some twist, and you use words in fluid ways. Saying "Word X means Y and whoever uses X is a Z" seems so rigid and robotic to me. "Bitch" in particular is one of those words that has progressed waaay beyond its original meaning.

Cunning comes from "cunt", because women were perceived as cunning. Cats were also perceived as cunning, and hence you have "pussy cat". Both phrases are obviously as sexist as it gets.