dirty word

Language: en

Meaning: Awordthat is consideredvulgar, not necessarilysexualin nature.The child was made to sit in the corner as punishment for saying adirty word.2013June 14,Sam Leith, “Where the profound meets the profane”, inThe Guardian Weekly, volume189, number 1, page37: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.; (idiomatic)Thenameof atopicthat a personprefersnot tohearordiscuss.Job is adirty wordto him.

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