dirty word
noun/ˈdɜːtiˌwɜːd/UK/ˈdɚɾijˌwɝd/US
Definitions
A word that is considered vulgar, not necessarily sexual in nature.
- The child was made to sit in the corner as punishment for saying a dirty word.
- 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 name of a topic that a person prefers not to hear or discuss.
- Job is a dirty word to him.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for dirty 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