Dirty word

//ˈdɚɾijˌwɝd//

"Dirty word" in a Sentence (3 examples)

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.

Job is a dirty word to him.

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