Why are the words for human reproductive organs used as insults?

It’s not as much fun when you call someone a spleen.

Hmmmm, maybe since we have this notion of such parts being taboo, or ‘private’ or unclean and dirty, it makes it easier to use it to compare a person to.

Making the sacred profane is a good way to keep those who hold it sacred in check. Instead of being the holy source of life, women (and to a lesser extent, men) are demeaned and their value taken from them by doing this.

Also, that which has real power is often demeaned for the same reason.

And the worst is a woman’s…don’t shoot the messenger

I think it was started by people with limited vocabularies.
People who can not express themselves well tend to curse more often.

There’s more impact, and it’s more familiar. One gets odd looks if one shouts “lung” or “kidney” across the street.

I usually say thank you.

You testicle!

Did the OP watch this video?

@SeventhSense: Don’t be such a penis.

@asmonet
you see? not quite the impact

@SeventhSense Well “vagina” doesn’t have an impact either. It’s the slang terms, dick.

Why are sexual organs considered insults? well, because they get fucked. Sometimes, they get fucked hard. Humans don’t like that in terms of definition #5 here.

It think the asshole should be a reproductive organ so I can use that as an insult. Like “Hey, you asshole!” Or “My boss is such an asshole.” I guess I’ll just have to settle for using “prick”.

It is funny; you Fallopian tube, you ovary, you cervix, you seminal vesticle, you vas deferens.

Kidney, spleen and lung are not part of the reproductive system, but funny nonetheless.

This is the funniest clip ever regarding this subject.

@Sarcasm
Dick is not that strong either. He’s being a fucking dick. Don’t be a big dick
She’s a fucking cunt. Now who has said the most offensive thing on this page?
probably has to do with the force of the masculine energy

I disagree. I see dick as more offensive than cunt. Neither are words which are in my standard vocabulary, regardless.

@Sarcasm
With a name like Sarcasm? Ahh you must expand your palette.
Of course in the right format with the right audience.

I love saying cunt. It’s a great word. And I hate when people tell me “You shouldn’t say that! That’s such a terrible word! Especially you being a girl, you really shouldn’t!” Fuck that. I like that word.

<—- big fan of cunt

@SeventhSense

“Cunt” is considered one of the most offensive words in the English language. It’s right up there with “nigger”. Personally, the very few times I have used the word “cunt” seriously, they have all been on the internet, and it felt really good to say it. :P

@OP

They’re used because, as people said, sexual organs are taboo. Offensive words are taboo. Taboos go hand in hand. You create offensive words based on taboos. You also create them on things seen as “gross”. In some languages, sexual organs are not that strong of insults because they aren’t as taboo and aren’t seen as that “gross” by that culture. However, they may see a certain animal as being gross and will then use that as an offensive term and to them it would be much more offensive than an organ-based insult.

God, you are such a spleen.

How many times are you going show your lungin’ face on this thread?

@DominicX
“Cunt” is considered one of the most offensive words in the English language.
So why didn’t you give me lurve for pointing that out up top.
but have I ever been Politically Correct anyway?

@filmfann
You stole that from me vanilla boy.
Here’s the whole quote from Team America World Police:

Pussies don’t like dicks, because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes: assholes that just want to shit on everything. Pussies may think they can deal with assholes their way. But the only thing that can fuck an asshole is a dick, with some balls. The problem with dicks is: they fuck too much or fuck when it isn’t appropriate – and it takes a pussy to show them that. But sometimes, pussies can be so full of shit that they become assholes themselves… because pussies are an inch and half away from ass holes. I don’t know much about this crazy, crazy world, but I do know this: If you don’t let us fuck this asshole, we’re going to have our dicks and pussies all covered in shit!

Because in the Western world we have been taught by religion for the past couple of millennia that anything to do with sex is dirty and nasty.

And there is also the issue of gastrointestinal insults, usually by kids. My guys, when they were young, thought that doody head, poopy, pee pee, ka ka, bum, etc were the best verbal abuse available.

MY son and his oldest step brother were avid rock climbers in their mid- teens (1976). They put up some original routes in the Adirondacks and named one “Split Beaver.” It was edited out in the third edition of Climbing in the Adirondacks to this day.

edit: remove “to this day.”

@toomuchcoffee911 Thank you for posting that really cool video. Knowledge is power, and Miss Laci sure knows her stuff! I will add that video to my “epiphany du jour” blog

Good grief. Let’s try to be adults here. Starting with the fact that all those words with the exception of ovaries, vagina, testicles, and penis, are not names of reproductive organs. So the question is sort of stupid in and of itself. The next time I get mad at my husband I am going to call him a prostate and see if he answers or takes offense.

I’m guessing because of the whole taboo curtain around it. Makes it more shocking, and when you insult someone, you want something that works.

I mean even JK Rowling mentioned Merlin’s ballsack.

The reason why I find the insults so confusing, is because the descriptive words also can be used during times of sheer ecstasy. So they can either be euphoric or insulting. Hmmm ~contimplates~ I’d rather use the words during euphoric moments, but that’s just me. ~shrugs~

Thanks to all

“Oh, yes, YES, YES. Vulva, VULVA, VULVA.