DIRTY WORD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dirty word mean? 

• DIRTY WORD (noun)
  The noun DIRTY WORD has 2 senses:

1. an offensive or indecent word or phrase

2. a word that is considered to be unmentionable

  Familiarity information: DIRTY WORD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIRTY WORD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An offensive or indecent word or phrase

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

dirty word; filth; obscenity; smut; vulgarism

Hypernyms ("dirty word" is a kind of...):

profanity (vulgar or irreverent speech or action)

Domain member usage:

ass; fuck; fucking; nookie; nooky; piece of ass; piece of tail; roll in the hay; screw; screwing; shag; shtup (slang for sexual intercourse)

cock; dick; pecker; prick; putz; shaft; tool (obscene terms for penis)

bull; bullshit; crap; dogshit; horseshit; Irish bull; shit (obscene words for unacceptable behavior)

chickenshit (a false statement that is considered to indicate timidity or fear)

asshole; bastard; cocksucker; dickhead; mother fucker; motherfucker; prick; shit; SOB; son of a bitch; whoreson (insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous)

pee; peeing; piss; pissing (informal terms for urination)

bugger all; Fanny Adams; fuck all; sweet Fanny Adams (little or nothing at all)

crap; dirt; poop; shit; shite; turd (obscene terms for feces)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dirty word"):

bawdry; bawdy (lewd or obscene talk or writing)

scatology (a preoccupation with obscenity (especially that dealing with excrement or excretory functions))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A word that is considered to be unmentionable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

'failure' is a dirty word to him

Hypernyms ("dirty word" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)