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dirty word

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. obscenity, smut, vulgarism, filth, dirty wordnoun

    an offensive or indecent word or phrase

  2. dirty wordnoun

    a word that is considered to be unmentionable

    "`failure' is a dirty word to him"

Wiktionary

  1. dirty wordnoun

    A word that is considered vulgar, not necessarily sexual in nature.

  2. dirty wordnoun

    The name of a topic that a person does not like to hear or discuss.

Wikipedia

  1. Dirty Word

    Dirty Word is the second studio album by singer-songwriter's Ivan Neville's side-project Dumpstaphunk. It was released in July 2013 under Red Hot Records.

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  1. dirty word

    A dirty word is a phrase or term that is considered indecent, offensive, or scandalous by societal conventions. It often refers to vulgar language and obscene sexual terms, or inflammatory and taboo subjects in a specific context. However, it also can refer to words that trigger negative responses or controversy, like stereotypes and slurs, depending on the culture, community, or individuals involved.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dirty word in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dirty word in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of dirty word in a Sentence

  1. Penn Jillette:

    There seems to be one person in this race who's actually genuine and not crazy. And that's Bernie, he uses the word socialist, which in the United States is what? Sixty percent socialist now? We're a mixed economy. This is all stuff a libertarian probably shouldn't say, but 'socialist' isn't a dirty word. It's a different way of looking at how the government works.

  2. Tommy Chong:

    To me, Bernie seems more suited for the country, there was some writer from the Washington Post who said that Bernie would be a disaster because he's a socialist. Well, people don't realize that ... in the last eight years, socialism is not a dirty word anymore.

  3. Glenn Bramhall:

    I'm going to use a dirty word, I'm going to say the word profile. It's able to profile aircraft or objects that are flying through space.

  4. Joe Biden:

    He understood that we're part of something bigger than ourselves... in that compromise isn't a dirty word. It's the cornerstone of democracy. Consensus is required in a democracy to get anything done, joe Biden're bidding this great American farewell, but Joe Biden know, as long as Joe Biden keep his spirit alive, as long as Joe Biden see each other not as enemies but as neighbors and colleagues, as long as Joe Biden remember that Joe Biden're here not to tear down but to build up -- as long as Joe Biden remember that -- then Taps will never sound for Bob Dole. For Bob will be with Joe Biden always.

  5. Hal Singer:

    ' Novel' is a dirty word in antitrust, it doesn't matter if it's a Democratic-appointed judge or a Republican-appointed judge — they're all conservative in the sense that they're worried about their opinions being appealed.


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  • SchimpfwortGerman
  • [[ruma]] [[sana]], kirosanaFinnish
  • gros motFrench
  • [[бранный, ругательство, [[неприличный, [[ругательныйRussian
  • [[rumsren]]t [[ord]], [[vulgär]]t [[ord]]Swedish
  • kötü sözTurkish

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