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_refugee_  ·  3793 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Does keeping your mouth shut make you weak?

    So the real question is "what makes a pussy?"

Well, you know.

You are what you eat.





lil  ·  3793 days ago  ·  link  ·  

point taken -- ref - by the way, originally nwpabs did not use the word "pussy" - only the word "weak." I think this is worth noting -- because while "pussy" is a more powerful word in a male world, it makes no sense in my world. You tell me not to be a pussy, and I'll say "meow."

I'm sure noway's on-line friends cover all genders.

Nonetheless, I loved the "thrust" of kb's arguments.

Ave  ·  3789 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Are you sure it doesn't actually come from the word "pusillanimous"?

longstocking  ·  3789 days ago  ·  link  ·  

When a guy calls his bro a "pussy" he is not calling him a slang term for a fucking 16th century word no one knows. Nor is he calling him a cat because apparently cats have some notoriety for being cowardly? In the context of modern society it is incredibly self-evident what someone means when they call someone a "pussy" and it is so obviously a gendered insult I cannot believe people still bring this up.

Also as if you really needed more evidence against it: pusillanimous is an adjective and pussy is used as a noun in every case I've ever heard it. That seems a little odd if it were shorthand, doesn't it? It's always said, "that guy is a pussy" not, "that guy is pussy".

I realize this is coming off a little sharply, but you would not believe how much I see this used as a dismissal of a bigger problem.

Ave  ·  3787 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Surprisingly, I've never actually heard anyone call someone else a pussy before. Lack of exposure, maybe, but I don't feel like it means anything anymore. Perhaps it's dying out.

Other sexist insults? Not so much.

lil  ·  3789 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That definitely could be one of the origins of the word's current use. . . along with several others.

While pusillanimous is an excellent word meaning timid, it originates in the Latin word pussilus meaning very small. When a guy is called a pussy, he is being called very small.

Given the word has so many meanings including kittenish, nowaypablo's original use of the word "weak" unambiguously expressed his meaning.

mkr  ·  3793 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That would make me a dick. :(

_refugee_  ·  3793 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's okay, it makes me a hermaphrodite.

thenewgreen  ·  3793 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Today, I'm a pizza.

caelum19  ·  3793 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"Dear diary, today I'm a pizza." - Extract from Thenew-oldgreen -- My Journal.

humanodon  ·  3793 days ago  ·  link  ·  

And I would be dog hair, apparently.

havires  ·  3793 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Today, I'm a calzone.

b_b  ·  3793 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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nowaypablo  ·  3793 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well then, color me uterus. Case closed everybody, see you next week.