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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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12. Because conservatives lack the imagination to come up with a better insult
Sun May 28, 2017, 03:38 PM
May 2017

They hear their bros use the words cuck and snowflake and follow suit.

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Just another pejorative like wimp. It will fade away. DemocratSinceBirth May 2017 #1
Actually it's a very old perjorative in most of the world. Drahthaardogs May 2017 #33
republicans really identify with it, and so project it on to others Achilleaze May 2017 #46
I don't think you understand how the word is used. Drahthaardogs May 2017 #47
When alt-right douchebros made up words to make themselves sound cool. WhiskeyGrinder May 2017 #2
They aren't smart enough to make it up. It comes from cuckold. DemocratSinceBirth May 2017 #3
They are, however, the ones who sprayed it around... JHB May 2017 #6
It's become a porn them. DemocratSinceBirth May 2017 #8
It's always meant the guy who's "woman" was stolen - a patriarchal metaphor that DT plays into bettyellen May 2017 #19
No it doesn't. She was not " stolen" Drahthaardogs May 2017 #34
It's a we'll known insult based on a man who's allowed his women to "be taken" and is steeped in the bettyellen May 2017 #35
It means you are not enough of a man to satisfy your woman Drahthaardogs May 2017 #38
"You're not man enough to_____" is sexist crap. Been to Italy too and it's not the only place it's bettyellen May 2017 #41
You want to make the word a slur against women Drahthaardogs May 2017 #42
Never said that it was a slur on women, LOL. I guess you misunderstood what the word sexist means bettyellen May 2017 #50
I said all of the Latin countries use it. Drahthaardogs May 2017 #51
Oh lord you really don't get sexism either, LOL. Cuckold has English origins, genius. bettyellen May 2017 #53
You are hopeless. Did you read the Wiki? Drahthaardogs May 2017 #61
"Misogynist" might describe a guy who enjoys MAKING another man a cuckold... Beartracks May 2017 #56
A cuckold is a cuckold because of his own weakness. Drahthaardogs May 2017 #62
Yeah, the MRA/PUA bros came up with it. Warpy May 2017 #9
No it doesn't Drahthaardogs May 2017 #44
Europe is irrelevant here, it's from MRA groups in this case. Bradical79 May 2017 #59
It's NOT from MRA and Europe is NOT irrelevant Drahthaardogs May 2017 #60
The way I see it Madam Mossfern May 2017 #63
because they're all into bdsm and like that terminology luvMIdog May 2017 #4
On other boards we use to post photos of interracial couples to annoy them. DemocratSinceBirth May 2017 #5
lol I don't think they mind interracial sex as long as they don't have to acknowledge it ;) luvMIdog May 2017 #7
It's a misunderstanding of the term's meaning, isn't it? wyldwolf May 2017 #11
I dunno I've not had much interest in that stuff & I was told I was vanilla & I had to look that up luvMIdog May 2017 #16
In the sense that the bottom has to consent to everything done and can withdraw that consent mythology May 2017 #18
"Topping from the bottom" becasue wanna be doms are so damned common bettyellen May 2017 #22
Yes. NT lisby May 2017 #28
Well, no. The top is the dom/domme. Bottoms are not supposed to "top," but bottoms do set the basic anneboleyn May 2017 #30
"Topping from the bottom" is what happens outside the scene. Becasue wanna be Doms are ... bettyellen May 2017 #37
No, never obamanut2012 May 2017 #39
Well, I see DU's BDSM experts aren't in total agreement wyldwolf May 2017 #40
Repubs like their cuckold fantasies Hassin Bin Sober May 2017 #13
Trump Adrahil May 2017 #10
Because conservatives lack the imagination to come up with a better insult Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2017 #12
Welp! I'm off to watch Bella and the Bulldogs wyldwolf May 2017 #14
It is a nasty, vile, and hateful term that reflects more PufPuf23 May 2017 #15
I'm in the middle of Trump land and have never heard anyone say the word . .99center May 2017 #17
that's because they'd have to say it to a FACE. Bannon said it publicly not long ago & so did many luvMIdog May 2017 #23
No problem calling people every other name in the book, but cuck is too far? .99center May 2017 #32
Quit being a snowflake...LOL titaniumsalute May 2017 #20
The fact that we're discussing it Dem2 May 2017 #21
I don't think so. Look how long they held onto the term 'libtards' though it made them look stupid luvMIdog May 2017 #24
I make them feel impotent/sniveling Dem2 May 2017 #25
lol they project a lot , don't they? luvMIdog May 2017 #26
It makes me giggle Dem2 May 2017 #27
I think it is stupid, BUT!!!! LOL Lib May 2017 #29
Never heard a single person use the word oberliner May 2017 #31
... tavernier May 2017 #52
The Surprising Etymology of the Alt-Right's Favorite Word, "Cuck" - interesting article diva77 May 2017 #36
This excerpt from the article billh58 May 2017 #55
When "Politically Correct" and "Cultural Marxist" got too many syllables for today's rightie ck4829 May 2017 #43
I hope it fades away soon, along with "nothing burger". panader0 May 2017 #45
The Many Synonyms of cuckold billh58 May 2017 #48
3 Words ProfessorGAC May 2017 #49
T-shirts still available. egduj May 2017 #54
For those of us paying attention to the excretable MRA's ismnotwasm May 2017 #57
I don't use the so-called word. Solly Mack May 2017 #58
Well, you see, repeatedly using an insult with two or three syllables wears out their lips. Efilroft Sul May 2017 #64
Alt Right bloggers watch a lot of porn. n/t DefenseLawyer May 2017 #65
It's the annoying internet word du jour. It's almost exclusively used by the alt-right. Oneironaut May 2017 #66
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