orthophemistic
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ortho- + -phemistic in euphemistic, dysphemistic.
Adjective[edit]
orthophemistic (comparative more orthophemistic, superlative most orthophemistic)
- Plainly denotative; not euphemistic or dysphemistic.
- 2013, Emma LE Rees, The Vagina, Bloomsbury, published 2015, page 22:
- For ‘cunt’ to move to the orthophemistic realm, a seismic linguistic and cultural shift would need to take place.