words are never meaningless. they are never 'just words'. they are part of a language, a culture, a society, a world - which we are also part of. while there may be exceptions to how those words are seen - such as a joke between friends - their main purpose is derogatory. that is what makes the joke possible as a joke in the first place. they originate from spite and then the gap between the spite and the friend that makes the jokes is where the humour rests if the word is used as a joke.
I hate it when my guy friends call eachother ... "you pussy" in a situation where they are looking for the words useless.. they dont use if anymore, at least not when Im around because it leads to hours of me talking on how offensive it is amd how that shouldnt be an insult... pussies are pretty so i just annoy them asking if they are trying to compliment each other or they have some hiding desire that I dont know about... by that time the word has been dropped. but I mean we call guys, well not i, but people call guys dicks, so we are not entirely innocent, either.