choice word

noun

Etymology

In its original use, choice words referred to spoken or written text that was deemed excellent and admirable. The current idiomatic uses arose by ironic inversion.

Definitions

  1. Something said bluntly in a scornful, often profane, manner.

    • that was because many of the people who lived there were such funny, sassy ladies who had a choice word or ten about every aspect of the others' lives.
    • No doubt Cove Rangers manager John Sheran had a choice word or two with his players at the break after a rather lacklustre first-half performance.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for choice word. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA