cặc

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cac"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (minced oath) kẹc, cặk, căk
  • (censored spelling) c*c

Etymology

The indefinite pronoun sense evolves from the noun sense owing to the Jespersen's cycle, by which, for instances, French negative pronouns pas, personne, and rien evolve.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kak̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kak̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kak̚˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier con) cặc • (, )

  1. (very vulgar) cock, prick, dick
    Synonyms: buồi, cu
    • Nam Giao cổ kim lý hạng ca dao chú giải (《南交古金里巷歌謠註解》 "Past & Present Folk-ballads from the Hamlets and Alleyways of Jiao[zhi] in the South - Annotated "), folio 193b
      󱥕(Nứng)󱥌(cặc)(thì)(vác)𦥃(đến)(nhà)
      [If your] cock [were] hard, then carry [it] to [my] home.

Pronoun

cặc

  1. (very vulgar, indefinite) nothing
    Cho mày cái con cặc nè!
    I'll give you no fucking thing!

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