Well, it feels wrong to refer to a woman as a bas****.
More seriously, I'll usually go with "idiot" under my breath if, say, another driver of either sex does something ... idiotic. I can only think of a few times in my life when I was angry enough to swear at someone I knew, but if I pushed, I will go with f-bomb bitch or bas**** as the case may be. The c-word gives me the shakes and I have never used it, even mentally. I do refer to men as d****, as recently as last week in reference to a person who is suing a friend of mine in an attempt to ruin his business.
"Bad" words are so odd. I have a British friend and I'll sometimes say "fanny" to him, just to watch him cringe.
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