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g-word

g-word noun: the word gay.

Noun (1)

g-word (plural g-words)

  1. (euphemistic) The word gay.
  2. (euphemistic) The word goddamn.
  3. (euphemistic) The word gook.
  4. (humorous) Any word beginning with g that is not normally taboo but is considered to be so in the given context, such as globalization or genocide.
    • And the “g” word (shhh!) is just taboo.
      Away! Away! They say to gifts
      Thinking this denial lifts
      All children to a common place[.]2018, Deb Douglas, The Power of Self-Advocacy for Gifted Learners: Teaching the Four Essential Steps to Success (Grades 5–12), Free Spirit Publishing, →ISBN, page 42

Noun (2) capitalized: G-word

G-word (plural G-words)

  1. (euphemistic) The word God.
    • [...] are not afraid to use the "G word." The divine is their "distinctive product," their "unique business proposition." Still, it is a risky business. The experience of the divine is anything but conformist, it bends to no formal business plan, and it can be ...2007, Michael L. Klassen, Bad Religion: The Psychology of Religious Misbehavior, →ISBN, page 56
    • G-word: The Constitution gives us the right to use the G-word and religious freedom. The Declaration of Independence has the G-word in it. Our Pledge of Allegiance has the G-word, and our money has the G-word.2010, Harry Webster, Venting, Somebody Had to Say It, →ISBN, page 110
  2. Alternative letter-case form of g-word (“any other word beginning with g”).
    • When the Swedish Parliament and the US Congressional Committee on Foreign Affairs used the 'G' word, Prime Minister Erdoğan responded by threatening to deport 100,000 Armenian guest workers[.]2014, Geoffrey Robertson, An Inconvenient Genocide: Who Now Remembers the Armenians?, →ISBN

Forms of g-word

pluralg-words
alternative formG-word
pluralG-words

Questions about g-word

What does g-word mean?
G-word means the word gay.
What part of speech is g-word?
G-word is a noun.
What is the plural of g-word?
The plural of g-word is g-words.

Words near g-word in the dictionary

  1. G-stems
  2. g-string
  3. g-strings
  4. g-suit
  5. G-suits
  6. g-word
  7. g-words
  8. g.
  9. G. E. A.
  10. G. I.
  11. G. M. A. T.

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