g-word
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See also: G-word
English
Alternative forms
Noun
- (euphemistic) The word gay.
- (euphemistic) The word goddamn.
- (euphemistic) The word gook.
- (humorous) Any word beginning with g that is not normally taboo but is considered to be so in the given context, such as globalization or genocide.
- 2018, Deb Douglas, The Power of Self-Advocacy for Gifted Learners: Teaching the Four Essential Steps to Success (Grades 5–12), Free Spirit Publishing, →ISBN, page 42:
- And the “g” word (shhh!) is just taboo.
Away! Away! They say to gifts
Thinking this denial lifts
All children to a common place[.]
Related terms
- G-word (“God”)