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And yet y'all can't say "cock?"
Oh, that astrix is obscuring a much fouler word, but you are a bit too young to learn it yet. We will tell you when you're older.
edit: tough crowd
... cuck?
A self-cuckblocking slogan?
As in, the person saying the phrase is preventing themself from being or becoming a cuck, preventing themself from... having a woman cheat on them whilst knowing about it?
???
Sorry, no, there is no "super hidden extra curse word". It's obviously "self-cockblocking". I was just making a bad joke.
Your 'joke' then was lying about something having a hidden meaning simply to seem patronizing, to gaslight and infantilize?
Seriously, walk me through this, I don't even see how that is a bad joke, it isn't a joke at all, it's just an insulting lie.
Shut the fuck up nerd.
Well, I thought it was so obviously "self-cockblocking" that it would be apparent there was no "super secret hidden extra curse word". Given that, I didn't think it would come across as patronizing, infantalizing, or as gaslighting, but instead as just a bit silly. Since you know, there really is no other word that makes sense, so the "lie" would be abundantly apparent and as such no insult could be taken.
To add on to that, "we will tell you when you're older" is just what people say when they don't want to explain an obscene word or concept, which fit well with the idea that this fictional word was "unfit for polite discussion".
So with all that in mind. Since OP rightly pointed out that "cock" really isn't worth censoring, I felt it would play on the readers expectations that, if cock wasn't worth it, there must be some worse hidden word that justified the astrix!
And we could all laugh,
"oh ho ho! They are using the super secret hidden curse word that must never be spoken!"
we'd say.
Comfortable in the knowledge that in reality it was just a bit of overly cautious censoring of cock... And we would all have a good chuckle.
I'm really not great at jokes and I'm sorry if this one made anyone feel patronized, gaslit, or infatalized.
Edit: if I had a do over, I'd say:
I got your joke and enjoyed it. If I'd gotten here sooner, I would've explained that it's the social curse word you're only allowed to know if you're old enough.