Pussy
Pussy is both a vulgar word referring to the vulva and vagina (primarily U.S.), and a synonym for "cat", a permanent double entendre.The word in the former sense normally refers almost exclusively to the sexual role of the aforementioned female body parts. It is also used as a crude synonym for sexual intercourse, as in "did you get any pussy?" It was not included in the Federal Communications Commission's list of seven prohibited profanities but most dictionaries mark it as "vulgar" or "offensive" and its use is frowned upon in polite company. Occasionally, the word "kitty", which is a synonym for "pussy" in the second sense of the word, is also used as a less-vulgar sounding alternative for "pussy" in the sexual sense as well.
The word "pussy" can also be used derogatorily to refer to a male who isn't considered sufficiently masculine (see Gender role). When used in this sense, it carries the implication of being easily frightened or weak. Men "dominated by women" (particularly their partners or spouses) can be referred to as pussy-whipped.
To pussyfoot around the question or point means to either show excessive tact when dealing with a sensitive subject or to simply obfuscate and prevaricate to avoid a difficult situation. The reference is to the careful, soft tread of the cat and has no vulgar implications.
The origins of the term in the vulgar sense are disputed, although Webster's Third International Dictionary[?] traces the root to the Old Norse puss, cognate with "purse" and also cites the Low Germanic puse meaning "vulva" and the Scandinavian puss with the same meaning.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, puss was used as a "call-name" for cats in both German and English, but pussy was used in English more as a synonym for "cat". In addition to cats, the word was also used for rabbits and hares as well as a humorous name for tigers. In the 19th century, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the meaning was extended "in childish speech, applied to anything soft and furry", as in pussy willow[?]. In thieves' slang, it meant "fur coat".
Prior to this in the 16th century it was used to refer to women in general and it continues to be applied to old women.
The double entendre has been used for over a hundred years by performers, including the late 19th-century vaudeville act, the Barrison Sisters, who performed the notorious routine "Do You Want To See My Pussy?" (see entry for more), the Funkadelic song "Pussy" (see below), as well as a character and a title in the James Bond series.
See also: profanity, obscenity, Chocha.
"Pussy" is the title of a funk song by Funkadelic, from the 1972 album America Eats Its Young, written by George Clinton, Eddie Hazel, and Billy Bass Nelson. The song is, essentially, about lust and its tremendous power over the singer, who is incapable of resisting his (perhaps former) lover.
Fuzzy Haskins sang lead vocals, with Frank Waddy[?] on drums.
The song's deliberately suggestive (but oblique) lyrics such as "I'm the tomcat and you're my li'l ol' pussy" and "Wild and warm is my pussy/ My pussy is where it's at" are common for the genre, a tradition followed in R&B.
External link and reference
- Complete lyrics from the Motherpage (http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/motherpage/lyrics_funkadelic/lyr-ameats.html#lyr-s-pussy)
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troops on the very day on which the conference had been arranged for
share of the booty and the promise of such pleasure as would come
opened up negotiations on his own account with a captain who was on
supported by bribery, proved as usual more prompt and efficacious
fortified outpost was discussing the conditions of capitulation with
These were caused by Borgia, who without a word to anyone had entered
cut the throats of the garrison, which had naturally somewhat relaxed
signed. The French, when they saw that the town was half taken,
even attempt to defend themselves any longer, and forced their way
to stop the issue. Butchery and pillage had begun, and the work of
Ranuzio di Marciano, and Don Ugo di Cardona attempt to make head
together. Fabrizia Calonna and Don Ugo were made prisoners; Ranuzia,
seven thousand inhabitants were massacred in the streets among them
the convents of nuns forced open; and then might be seen the
or into the river to escape the soldiers. Three hundred of the
Valentinois broke in the doors, chased out for himself forty of the
attempt defence. So he shut himself up in Castel Nuovo and gave
bought immunity from pillage with 60,000 ducats; and Naples with the
Frederic himself, an condition that he should be allowed to take to
remain with his family for six months secure from all hostile attack.
sides: d'Aubigny entered Naples, and Frederic retired to Ischia.
Thus, by a last terrible blow, never to rise again, fell this branch
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