Meaning of m-word | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of m-word.
   alt-of
2. The word motherfucker, regarded as a vulgar word.
   euphemistic
3. Any word beginning with m that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context, like midget or murder.

Examples

“Given all this, you may be puzzled to hear me call myself a Marxist. […] This is not something that I often volunteer to talk about in “polite society” because the very mention of the M-word switches audiences off.”

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