Anonymous ID: 70d93b May 18, 2023, 8 a.m. No.18866478   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>6485 >>6489 >>6495

>>18866422

Old English, you git.

 

Cock, Cunt, Fuck, Piss and Shit. Commonly called Anglo-Saxon four-letter words, very few of these words were Anglo-Saxon, and those that were certainly were not swear words.

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedkingdom/comments/2rpg76/cock_cunt_fuck_piss_and_shit_commonly_called/

 

 

Was there ever a formal English word for sex, penis or vagina?

 

As I understand it, these words are all Latin borrowings introduced by scientists in the 17th century. All the informal English words for these are either euphemisms or vulgar slang, so was there ever a formal word in English for them?

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/asklinguistics/comments/knj9kv/was_there_ever_a_formal_english_word_for_sex/