The C word

Rumors out of Fayetteville, Arkansas, suggested Arkansas Razorbacks quarterback Buck Alexander was overheard by several reporters as he used a word that frequently offends and sometimes enrages women. Talk of this spread through the paper's sports section.
"I'll bet he said 'cunt,' " said Rock, who felt certain he'd nailed it.
Other staffers in the room agreed. They also laughed at Rock's idiosyncratic lack of reserve.
A senior editor asked Rock to turn the matter over to Linda Sadler, the paper's top investigative reporter. He walked into the newsroom toward Linda's desk and saw several reporters and editors rise from their desks and approach him, just as he would have predicted. He knew they were motivated by curiosity and that apparently the Alexander story was widespread.
"We think he used the 'C' word," Rock said.
As Linda responded, Rock heard murmurs erupt around him and spread through the room. Linda said she would look into it.
"Shit, we all knew it," one of the reporters said.
"And you were right," Linda said. She had confirmed it with her first telephone call, which took no more than a few seconds. "He indeed used the 'C' word."