Is this “cunt hair tight”?

Yeah. That's a vulgar way to say an extremely thin margin. E: the "tight" isn't a standard part of the proverb. I have heard it used like "there was a c\*nt hair between me and bankruptcy" or "we were hanging on by a c\*nt hair". Needless to say, this not a phrase I would use in front of my mother.

The margins are too thin for a union but not too thin to throw away billions to stop a union?

If you want to know the finer points of cunt-hair measurement: * Black cunt hair (color of the *hair*, don't get too excited y'all)- a coarse system of measurement; maybe a couple of mm * Blonde cunt hair- slightly finer; maybe 1mm * Red cunt hair, or RCH- a teeny amount; maybe .5mm It's vulgar, but amusing. And a surprisingly accurate colloquial way to communicate the amount of fine measurement. So if someone asked you to move something over an RCH, they mean just barely nudge it in the desired direction. "Cunt-hair tight," is likely a shortening of RCH, or a *very* thin margin.

It’s a pretty bad sentence. The c**t hair tight bit comes from an expression: “got them by the short hairs” which is meant to imply you have a tight hold on someone. Most Americans incorrectly assume the “short hairs” refer to pubic hair (it refers to hair on the back of the neck) and they have irritated upon that expression to include references to pubic hair. “Got them by the short and curlys” is another example. C**t hair tight is a sloppy use of colorful language that I’ve never heard before, personally.

I think you’re right, but I’ve never heard the expression before. It’s a bit of an odd one because public hair is thicker than normal hair. So to me, it would make more sense to use hair from another part of the body. I guess they didn’t want to turn away an opportunity to show how vulgar they are.

Yes, and when I worked in some carpentry shops, it was a common (albeit vulgar) way of describing very thin measurements. BCH was the abbreviation for "Black C\*nt Hair" and RCH for "Red C\*nt Hair". In practical terms, BCH meant about 1/16" or 1.5mm, and RCH was about 1/32" or .75mm. If someone said "Can you shave this board down by an RCH" you'd basically set the board next to the saw and give it another pass so just the bit of the teeth that was wider than the body of the blade grazed it. I know it's horribly sexist, and I'm sorry. This was about 20 years ago and I was young. It doesn't excuse it though.

We use it in Denmark. I'm personally not sure they're thinner than other hairs, though.

Yes and strike that phrase from your memory. That is not to be used.

This is odd because pubic hairs are thicker than head hairs

Yep. Pretty crude way to say it.

In Scotland we would use “baw hair” instead.

It's pretty unnatural sounding. They are trying to mix a common vulgar saying with some other phrasing where you don't usually see it. It's coming off as kind of 'trying to be shocking' but instead is just really cringe and makes the poster sound like a dumbass. Don't use this phrase unless you want ppl to think you're an asshole.

In the trades I'd define a cunt-hair as 1/32"

Is this British? Never heard this in the states

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