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Originally Posted by Si
Agreed, but it depends how it is said and who to.
Calling someone a wanker could either end up with a laugh or a kick in the head.
Like cunt, I call all my friends cunts.
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Yes but WHY is "wanker" that offensive?
Fuck is a swear word, universally considered a swear word. Can't say it, got it (although you DO hear it on British telly once in a while)
Cunt is a female vagina (as opposed to a male vagina). Okay, body part, got it.
Wanker?????????
A "wanker" is someone who masturbates. If someone said to me: You MASTURBATER!!!! You MASTURBATE? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You MASTURBATER!" i would laugh and go, "Don't you? Thrice a day?"
So seriously, WHY is 'wanker' SOOOO offensive? Is it cultural? Not being snarky here, seriously curious.
(I've got tons of other questions, too, like why call an apartment a 'flat'? What, no duplexes in London? And why is a truck a "lorry"? Why is a bathroom a 'loo'? Why is a line of people a 'Q'? What, do they make Brits curl around into Q's while waiting on line? I understand why an elevater is called a 'lift' (they lift things/people) but why are FRENCH fries called 'chips'? Why is an argument a 'row' (pronouced rOW)? Oh, so confusing....)