dirty word

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

See dirty word in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. An obscene or vulgar word.
  2. A word, expression, or concept viewed as odious or intolerable: a feisty campaigner to whom “give up” was a dirty word.
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