Editing Cunt (section)

==Linguistic variants and derivatives==
Various [[euphemism]]s, [[minced oath|minced]] forms and [[in-joke]]s are used to imply the word without actually saying it, thereby escaping obvious censure and censorship.

===Spoonerisms===
{{See also|Spoonerism}}

Deriving from a [[dirty joke]]: "What's the difference between a circus and a strip club?"- "The circus has a bunch of cunning stunts...".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Dundes |first= Alan |author2=Georges, Robert A. |date=September 1962 |title=Some Minor Genres of Obscene Folklore |journal=The Journal of American Folklore |volume=75 |issue=297 |pages=221–226 |doi=10.2307/537724 |publisher=American Folklore Society |jstor=537724 }}</ref> The phrase ''cunning stunt'' has been used in popular music. Its first documented appearance was by the English band [[Caravan (band)|Caravan]], who released the album ''[[Cunning Stunts (Caravan album)|Cunning Stunts]]'' in July 1975;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caravan-info.co.uk/backcatalogue/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124212230/http://www.caravan-info.co.uk/backcatalogue/ |archive-date=24 January 2010 | title=Caravan discography |publisher=Caravan Information Service |date = September 2005|access-date=12 February 2009}}</ref> the title was later used by [[Metallica]] for a [[Cunning Stunts (Metallica)|CD/Video compilation]], and in 1992 [[the Cows]] released an [[Cunning Stunts (Cows album)|album with the same title]]. In his 1980s BBC television programme, [[Kenny Everett]] played a vapid starlet, ''Cupid Stunt''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/kennyeverett/gallery/09.shtml |title=Classic TV – The Kenny Everett Television Show – Gallery |publisher=BBC |access-date=16 March 2008}}</ref>

===Acronyms===
There are numerous informal acronyms, including various apocryphal stories concerning academic establishments, such as the ''Cambridge University [[National Trust]] Society''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://standanddeliver.blogs.com/dombo/bill_oddie/index.html | title=My Chat with Graeme Garden, Full Blown |last=Romeo |first=Demetrius |date=22 February 2005 |access-date=12 February 2009}}</ref>

===Puns===
The name "Mike Hunt" is a frequent pun on ''my cunt''; it has been used in a scene from the movie ''[[Porky's]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084522/quotes | title = Porky's (1982) | website = [[IMDb]] | access-date = 18 March 2008}}</ref> and for a character in the [[BBC]] radio comedy ''[[Radio Active (radio series)|Radio Active]]'' in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/comedy/radioactive.htm|title=Radio Active|website=www.britishcomedy.org.uk}}</ref> "Has Anyone Seen Mike Hunt?" were the words written on a "pink neon sculpture" representing the letter C, in a 2004 exhibition of the alphabet at the [[British Library]] in collaboration with the [[International Society of Typographic Designers]].<ref name="Pretorius">{{cite web |title=Etymology Of Cunt |url=http://www.tanyapretorius.co.za/content/infoholism/etymology/etymology%20cunt.htm |last=Pretorius |first=Tanya |work=Tanya Pretorius' Bookmarks |access-date=12 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Maev | last=Kennedy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/oct/23/education.arts |title=Library show for word rhyming with hunt|newspaper=The Guardian |date= 23 October 2004|access-date=18 December 2011 |location=London}}</ref>

As well as obvious references, there are also allusions. On ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'', [[Stephen Fry]] once defined ''countryside'' as the act of "murdering [[Piers Morgan]]".<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/des-kelly-my-life-in-media-519169.html | title = Des Kelly – My Life in Media | access-date = 6 April 2008 | work=The Independent | location=London | date=12 December 2005}}</ref>

===Derived meanings===
The word "cunt" forms part of some technical terms used in seafaring and other industries.
* In nautical usage, a '''cunt splice''' is a type of [[Rope splicing|rope splice]] used to join two lines in the [[rigging]] of ships.<ref name="falconers">Falconer, William. ''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ss-refs-falc-1243 William Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine]''. London: Thomas Cadell, 1780, p. 1243.</ref> Its name has been [[Thomas Bowdler|bowdlerised]] since at least 1861, and in more recent times it is commonly referred to as a "cut splice".<ref name="ashley461">Ashley, Clifford W. ''The Ashley Book of Knots''. New York: Doubleday, 1944, p. 461.</ref>
* The ''Dictionary of Sea Terms'', found within [[Richard Henry Dana Jr.|Dana's]] 1841 maritime [[compendium]] ''The Seaman's Friend'', defines the word '''cuntline''' as "the space between the bilges of two casks, stowed side by side. Where one cask is set upon the cuntline between two others, they are stowed ''bilge and cuntline''."<ref name="seamans">Dana Jr., Richard Henry. [http://www.hmssurprise.org/Resources/DanaSFLex.html ''The Seaman's Friend: A Treatise on Practical Seamanship'', 14th Edition.] Boston: Thomas Groom & Co., 1879; Dover Republication 1997, p. 104.</ref> The "bilge" of a barrel or cask is the widest point, so when stored together the two casks would produce a curved V-shaped gap. The glossary of ''[[The Ashley Book of Knots]]'' by [[Clifford Ashley]], first published in 1944, defines '''cuntlines''' as "the surface seams between the strands of a rope."<ref name="ashley598">Ashley, 598.</ref> Though referring to a different object from Dana's definition, it similarly describes the crease formed by two abutting cylinders.<ref name="ashleynote">Examples of Ashley's usage of "cuntline" are found in the descriptions for illustrations #3338 and #3351.</ref>
* In US military usage personnel refer privately to a common uniform item, a flat, soft cover (hat) with a fold along the top resembling an invagination, as a '''cunt cap'''.<ref name="Dickson">{{cite book |title= War Slang: American Fighting Words and Phrases Since the Civil War|url= https://archive.org/details/War_Slang|last= Dickson|first= Paul|year= 2004|publisher= Brassey's|location= Dulles, Virginia|isbn= 978-1-57488-710-5|page= [https://archive.org/details/War_Slang/page/n158 145]}}</ref> The proper name for the item is [[garrison cap]] or overseas cap, depending on the organisation in which it is worn.
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* In [[hot-metal printing]], a '''cunt lead''' (pronounced like the soft metal) was a term that was formerly used to describe a small additional inter-line gap, usually of less than 1[[Point (typography)|pt]]. The term is derived from the term [[leading]] which describes more generally inter-line gaps (from the strips of lead that were used to provide the separations).
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* '''Cunt hair''' (sometimes as red cunt hair)<ref name="Dickson" /> has been used since the late 1950s to signify a very small distance.<ref name = "Morton"/>
* '''Cunt-eyed''' has been used to refer to a person with narrow, squinting eyes.<ref name="Green cunt-eyed">{{Cite book|title=Green's Dictionary of Slang|first=Jonathon |last=Green |volume=1 |publisher=Chambers |date=2008 |isbn=978-0-550-10443-4|page=1456 |url= https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/w7hgqcy |access-date=15 February 2018 |quote=... used of a person with narrow, squinting eyes}}</ref>