• Tango@piefed.ca
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      14 days ago

      We alternate our cursing. Sometimes feckin’, sometimes fuckin’. Sometimes shit, sometimes shite. Sometimes cock, sometimes dick, sometimes lad, sometimes mickey, sometimes tool, sometimes one-eyed trousersnake, etc. Sometimes pussy, sometimes minge, sometimes gee, sometimes fanny, sometimes box, sometimes cunt, etc. You get the idea. The improvisational variety is half the fun of cursing.

      • some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world
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        14 days ago

        One of the most hilarious moments in my life was watching my mother-in-law casually use the word “fanny” in front of our entire Irish extended family, and seeing their reactions. I believe the verbatim was “carting their fannies around”. (As in, she was driving folks to various destinations in a rental car.) She may have also used the phrase “giving rides” in conjunction.

        Even little kids say this in America, it’s the equivalent of “bum” really, and isn’t associated with a specific gender. The reactions on the faces of these people, some of whom we were meeting for the first time, were truly priceless.