起源于约1920年的英语词汇列表

• cunt（n.2）

  ca. 1920, "stupid person; lowlife." Now chiefly British, some of the earliest uses are by Americans. Ultimately derived from cunt (n.1) it is probable that in this sense it is adopted from the French use of the equivalent word con, and was taken up by soldiers during the first World War.

  French con in this sense becomes (barely) printable around the end of the 19c., and appears originally to have been an insult for an effete man. It soon adopted also a sense of "un crétin." Originally a word so rude it was often censored even in speech (frequently spelled aloud instead of said), over time the French con became almost exclusive to this sense of a stupid person, and by 1984 a film titled P'tit Con ("Li'l Fool") based on a comic book, was not at all controversial.

  The word is used almost as freely in some dialects, where it is more of a bantering term and not necessarily used to insult. Scottish author Irvine Welsh's 1998 play You'll Have Had Your Hole opens on a kidnapped character screaming for assistance: "Somebody! Get me fuckin oot ay this! Help ays! Some cunt!" As of 2024, Irish author Blindboy Boatclub tempts audiences to his podcast with the tagline: "Listen to The Blindboy Podcast you beautiful cuuuuuunts." Meanwhile, in American use it is typically perceived as an intense slur against women. Also compare berk (n.).