dirty word
English
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 298: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈdɜːtiˌwɜːd/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 298: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈdɚɾijˌwɝd/
Audio (AU): (file)
Noun
dirty word (plural dirty words)
- A word that is considered vulgar, not necessarily sexual in nature.
- 2013 June 14, Sam Leith, “Where the profound meets the profane”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 37:
- Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths.
- The child was made to sit in the corner as punishment for saying a dirty word.
- (idiomatic) The name of a topic that a person does not like to hear or discuss.
- Work is a dirty word to him.
Synonyms
- (vulgar term): curse, curse word, oath, profanity
Translations
word that is considered vulgar
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a topic that a person does not like
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