Other CYCLISTS being pussies!! (signalling, owning the road)

Forget the OP's post! I'm more interested in the @damosuzuki and @arrowplum debate.

Did you read this part? Are you familiar with the OED?

b. slang (chiefly N. Amer.). A sweet or effeminate male; (in later use
chiefly) a weakling, a coward, a sissy. Also: a male homosexual. In
quot. 1904: a man likened to a house-cat; a dependent or
‘domesticated’ man.

1904 ‘M. Corelli’ God's Good Man xxi, I shall invite Roxmouth and his
tame pussy, Mr. Marius Longford.

I don't think it is a rad term to throw around, for what it's worth. Especially since the modern-day thrower arounder isn't thinking about cats.

^ in that case I think GazzaMaxx needs to make his mind up.

I quite like pussies.

Not into limp wrists though.

Actual OED:
a. Chiefly colloq. A girl or woman exhibiting characteristics associated with a cat, esp. sweetness or amiability....

I'm no expert but in my limited experience cats are anything but amiable. What about the term: "...like trying to herd cats"?

Even the mafia agree:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJFp272w9u8

right,

Actual OED:
a. Chiefly colloq. A girl or woman exhibiting characteristics associated with a cat, esp. sweetness or amiability....

Right. Exactly. Regardless of my sexual identity, if you call me a pussy, according to the term's origins, you are comparing me to a cat; not to a lady's bits.

But, to your point, you are right. Cats, in general, are massive dicks.*

*by that I mean 'asshole'. Wait, this is getting hard.**
**euph

Yes, I am familiar with the OED, though I'm assuming that is intended to be a withering rhetorical repost rather than a serious question. What I'm not clear on is how you have proven that the modern, 21st-century usage has no semantic connection with the offensive term for women; even if this is the case, why that connotation should be ignored; and why, assuming that you are correct and it can, conflating cowardice with being gay is any better. I nearly got there, not quite, but nearly, and then you wrote:

the modern-day thrower arounder isn't thinking about cats

So I think that rather proves my point. Also, I quite surprised that the OED has no reference at all to the offensive definition of pussy, which clearly exists. Perhaps you are using an abridged version, or an edition for young people.

You pair of tits.

Perhaps you are using an abridged version, or an edition for young people.

Shot down!

I thought that 'pussy' comes from 'pusillanimous', as the meanings are the same.

Oh god now I'm just confused.

But it's selfish to like both right?

@damosuzuki, if I was really making withering rhetorical reposts they would be much better, trust. As it is you are left with whatever my muddled mind can make up on the spot.

Here is what I said originally: "Fun fact: 'pussy' being used as an insult for 'scared person' derives from the word for cat not for vaginas."

This is true, look at the OED entry. Yes I left out the other parts of the entry, including the bit of it being slang for girl stuff, because they aren't relevant. If you are telling someone they are a pussy because they are scared you are comparing them to a cat. At least technically.

Perhaps you are using an abridged version, or an edition for young people.

Hey, look! Its a witty riposte.

At any rate, I like it when people are wrong on the internet as much as the next guy, but this is a little unfun now. I bet @Chak isn't even entertained anymore.

I am going to go to bed and dream of the full, complete, OED entry.

You pair of tits.

Thanks!

Surprised no-one has put this up yet.
http://youtu.be/32iCWzpDpKs

:(

at least you dont get these ice bucket challengers on the road. get tae fuck with your icebuckets please

In this world there are a great many ways to be a cunt. Ice bucket challenging people is one of the least offensive ways and has a net positive effect.