Meaning of c-word | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of c-word.
   alt-of
2. The word cunt, regarded as vulgar and a swear word.
   euphemistic
3. The word crap, often considered mildly vulgar.
   euphemistic
4. Less frequently, a word like cock or cock-sucker, camel-jockey, Chink, ching chong, or cracker, regarded as taboo or offensive.
   euphemistic
5. Any word beginning with c that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context, like clitoris, condom, cancer, or communism.

Examples

“The c-word (cunt) is delivered here with a kind of despairing calm, as if the cuntishness of the British c-words (cunts) was just a sad matter⟳ of fact.”

“Nor can federal AIDS educators bring⟳ themselves to mention⟳ the c''' word, condom, a strange reticence not shared by any other Western government except that of Catholic Ireland. The CDC has gone through bizarre contortions to avoid⟳ naming the, uh, latex device.”

“So, the term craft is now tainted. It’s association with weird beer imbibed by stuck up people is going to be hard one to shake⟳. Anyone with that connection in their mind⟳ is instantly going to shut⟳ down when the c-word is mentioned.”

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