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c-word

c-word noun: the word cunt, regarded as vulgar and a swear word.

Noun (1)

c-word (plural c-words)

  1. (euphemistic) The word cunt, regarded as vulgar and a swear word.
    • 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.c. 2017, Stewart Lee, March of the Lemmings
  2. (euphemistic) The word crap, often considered mildly vulgar.
  3. (euphemistic) Less frequently, a word like cock or cock-sucker, camel-jockey, Chink, ching chong, or cracker, regarded as taboo or offensive.
  4. 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.
    • 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.1990 Jan., “Condom Conundrum: How the World is Selling Safe Sex”, in Mother Jones Magazine, page 42
    • 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.2017 March 9, “Why I don’t Use the Word ‘Craft’ and Why You Shouldn’t Either”, in Brews and Bacon, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2017

Noun (2) capitalized: C-word

C-word (plural C-words)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of c-word.

Forms of c-word

pluralc-words
alternative formC-word
pluralC-words

Questions about c-word

What does c-word mean?
C-word means the word cunt, regarded as vulgar and a swear word.
What part of speech is c-word?
C-word is a noun.
What is the plural of c-word?
The plural of c-word is c-words.

Words near c-word in the dictionary

  1. C-UAS
  2. C-value
  3. C-value paradox
  4. C-values
  5. C-walk
  6. c-word
  7. c-words
  8. c.
  9. C. A. Rosetti
  10. C. B. D.
  11. C. B. N.

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