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Originally Posted by Sparrow
I reckon it's a more offensive swearword because it refers to female anatomy; and shows disrespect to women - so shocks on two levels.
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Not sure I'd agree with that. I think, and I'm aware that this isn't much of an answer, that it's just one of those things.
Some words just evolve into taboo words and some just become more taboo than others. Take s**t and turd. They basically mean the same thing, but one is considered considerably ruder than the other (would we have a user on here called happy_s**t, do you think?). There's no rhyme or reason to these distinctions that is discernable (IMHO).