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[–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 42 points 8 months ago (4 children)

That word existing isn't proof of that.

Also, ask a random selection of people who call other pussies what they mean by it. I can guarantee you that the mayority is referring to the body part. Which makes this stupid.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 37 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I never thought of the body part when calling someone a pussy. Anecdotal, but still.

[–] Drbreen@sh.itjust.works 22 points 8 months ago

I was always thought about it was cats because they're scared and shit. But holy fuck, never fuck with a cat that hates your guts and wants nothing to do with you.

[–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone -5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Hmh. I have never called someone a pussy, but when people do, I ususually do think of the body part. Based on this, I postulate that we are polar opposites.

Also, what do you think of? Dicks? If so, same.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If you're asking if I think of a penis when calling someone a dick, then no.

No, just, like, in general. Anyway, this is surprisingly a lot more divisive than I thought.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My earliest assumptions when hearing them as a kid was that pussy was related to cats, and dick to Richards.

By my tweens, I had realized that dick was referring to penis when most people used it, but if was another year or two before I learned that pussy referred to female genitals.

See, pussy wasn't actually the common term for labia around here. The most common was actually cooter, with "bottom" being for the younger set. Tush, rear, or backside was for the butt.

So, pussy was only used for wimps, and my assumption was that it was synonymous with scaredy cat, and maybe even derived from that. The first time someone asked if I wanted to see their pussy, I genuinely thought they had a pet cat. Imagine my surprise when I said yes, got very happy, and she pulled down her panties.

A conversation ensued eventually. I sure as hell wasn't objecting, so I tabled the whole slang thing and enjoyed the mutual exchange of genital access on a visual and tactile level.

But I did ask why she called it that. She said it was because grown up women look like they have a cat between their legs because it's very hairy down there. I though she might be pulling my leg, so I asked my mom. After she stopped laughing, she admitted that she didn't know for sure why it was called that, but she had heard the same explanation when she was a girl.

A friend of mine, after I told him that story, related to me that when he first saw a naked girl, he went to his dad and said he finally knew why they called it pussy. When asked why that was, he responded that it looks like a cat's backside when girls are bent over. Which, I kinda get.

[–] Tiger@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Dude you’re really killing it on Lemmy with over the top and nutty takes full of insight, but I hadn’t seen you around before; you’re a new arrival from Reddit perhaps?

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

Lol, nah, I left reddit in 23 during the protests. I appreciate the complement all the same :)

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago (3 children)

You think when people call someone a "pussy" as a pejorative they are calling them a vagina? Like literally? That's ludicrous.

[–] WanderingThoughts 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Almost like calling someone a dick.

Curses and insults often include sexual characteristics and actions. And also bodily fluids, animals, diseases and blasphemy

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

But like, when calling someone a dick, you think of a penis?

[–] Asidonhopo@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Arguably they are a scaredy cat

Not literally, figuratively.

[–] 5in1k@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I generally mean it as someone scared to go the fucking speed limit in the left lane.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works -4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The left lane is for passing. If you're passing you're using it correctly regardless of how fast you are going.

[–] 5in1k@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They aren't, that's why they're pussies.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm just sick of people mistaking it for a "fast lane". It's not, it's for passing. You pass and you get back into the travel lane. Unless you live in Connecticut which has a plague of left exits but that's a different issue

[–] 5in1k@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

It's not the passing lane if there is three lanes here in Michigan, by law or custom.