One of my (many) family names is the Telugu title "Dorakanti," and when Big A and I got married, we took the "Dora" part and linked it to part of his Lithuanian Jewish name to make our hyphenated family name.
Flashforward to a few years later when after years of audience participation in The Vagina Monologues and joyfully yelling "Cunt! Cunt! Cunt!" in reclamation, I wished we'd taken the second half of my family's name. It would have been so cool to have been Prof. Kanti (pronounced "Cunty")--I would have borne that name with extra pride. (Not sure about the rest of the fam though--they're prone to bristle if someone so much as calls them "Dora the Explorer.")
But I got my chance while hanging out with the girlfriends after work this evening. We were making plans to hang out again next Tuesday, and I suggested that if we were going to keep doing this on Tuesdays, perhaps we should just make it official and call ourselves the C.U.N.T.s. (You know--as in the euphemistic acronym for cunt--C U Next Tuesday?) I think our group chat just got renamed "CUNTs." Baby steps.
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THAT is how Kanti is pronounced??? I had no idea. Also, I used to teach my beloved seniors' class on Tuesdays, and the number of times I would cheerfully say "See you next Tuesday" and then giggle in a horrified way to myself, well. I can't count that many times.
Well, this was educational. I had never heard of that acronym, which is apparently more than 25 years old.
I've obviously lived a very sheltered life because I had never heard that acronym either. Luckily I read your blog so I can expand my vocabulary!
That's a lovely photo.
LOL to both prof Kanti and cu next Tuesday-- something I say ALL THE TIME
Nicole--I'm still laughing at "...and then giggle in a horrified way to myself, well. I can't count that many times."
Haha, Steph! Glad to be of service!
Jenny, Omigosh--I feel like I've become the girl my mom used to warn me about back in the day... lol
And why not, I'd say!?
:)
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