Chutiya is used throughout India by speakers of many languages, including Hindi, Urdu, and Telugu, as a mildly offensive
slang term for “idiot.” Chutiya is also often used mixed into English-language conversations among speakers in or descended from the region.
Among friends, chutiya can be endearing,
like calling a pal fucker to show familiarity and closeness.
Among strangers or in formal contexts, chutiya can be offensive, the kind of thing you would yell at a bad driver in a
fit of road rage.
Others find the word offensive because of the way it turns a
normal part of female anatomy, the vagina, into something derogatory, in the same way that pussy or
cunt is offensive.
Don’t confuse this chutiya with an ethnic group in India, the Chutiya
people, who may take their name from a root meaning “mountain.”