Shan't argue with that, pfr. Not least because language does what it will, and whilst we may sigh about changes, railing against them is pointless (I'm sure there are jokes, or puns at least, in there, but I'll forego the dubious privilege!).

The sad thing about the c-word is it's actually a really good word. The 'cun' is the same cun as in cunning. As in cyning (pronounced 'cooning') that is the A/S original of king. Examine the German (Koenig), Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, etc. They're all the same word, basically. And, so the author Kathleen Herbert told me years ago, it's all bound up in the notion of wisdom & 'secret' wisdom, hence the sexual slang from the notion of female wisdom, intuition, etc. I don't know whether she was right, but her A/S was a lot better than mine is!