It's cute how some people act so aggrieved that they can't post in HoF. (HOF THREAD)

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64. I saw that post and wanted to correct you on a bit, but didn't want to detract from the main point..

The main point being that usage and meaning of the word here doesn't justify its use in the US, where its use is always offensive and a slur against women.

What I wanted to correct you on was that Australia doesn't have a national dictionary, and that the word does have more than one meaning here. I don't have access to the Macquarie dictionary, but I have my trusty Australian Oxford Dictionary in front of me and it gives two meanings. One is 'female genitalia', and the other is 'unpleasant or stupid person'. But I hear people using it as a greeting to their friends, and even though its used like that in some situations, it's still the sort of word that I'd never use at work or in front of my parents or anything, not that I say it much at all, apart from a few weeks ago when I flung it at the hardcore right-wing government after they handed down the most draconian Budget I've ever seen. But when I posted in the Australia group about the budget or anywhere else at DU, I don't use it because there's an American audience here.