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dirty word definition

dirty word

  1. an obscene or coarse word
  2. any word or phrase considered unpleasant or offensive in a specific place or context

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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