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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) four-letter word
a short word, typically of four letters, widely regarded as being obscene or scatological.

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1. (noun) four-letter word, four-letter Anglo-Saxon word
any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive

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