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Meaning of dirty word | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈdɜːtiˌwɜːd

Definitions

  1. A word that is considered vulgar, not necessarily sexual in nature.
  2. The name of a topic that a person prefers not to hear or discuss.
    idiomatic

Equivalents

Deutsch Schimpfwort
Suomi kirosana
Français gros mot
Português palavrão
Русский бра́нное сло́во неприли́чное сло́во руга́тельное сло́во руга́тельство
Svenska fult ord runt ord
Українська матюк

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

dirty work dirty wound dirty-handedness dirtybud Dirtying dirubidium

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