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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
on that note.. what is the legitimate, standard english expression which carries the same connotation as the slang 'pussy' or 'bitch(made)'? Is it coward? I don't know.. some pussies are not necessarily cowards.. I have been trying to figure this out for months now with no luck.. whenever I want to refer to someone as a "pussy" but I am talking to like somebody's grandmother I don't know which term would be most appropriate, though I am sure "pussy" is not quite it..
I also found a graph

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in like the 20s or up to the 40s if movies dont lie people said "yellowbelly" but eh, sexism has won the day.
re: the use of genitalia, it's more potent than standard language. cock, cunt, asshole, have tremendous hallucinatory power (what vivid metaphors!) than standard language lacks.
when i hear "coward" i think "noel".
when someone is a coward it's nicer to say "he shat his pants". you can almost smell the fear in that expression!