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s-words

s-words is the plural of s-word.

Meaning of s-word

Noun

s-word (plural s-words)

  1. (euphemistic) The word shit, regarded as vulgar.
  2. (euphemistic) The word slut, regarded as vulgar.
  3. (euphemistic) The word Sambo, regarded as offensive and racist.
  4. (Ireland, UK, euphemistic) The word spastic, regarded as offensive.
  5. (US, euphemistic) The word spic, regarded as an ethnic slur.
  6. Any word beginning with s that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context; for example, socialism.

Questions about s-words

What is s-words the plural of?
S-words is the plural of s-word.

Words near s-words in the dictionary

  1. S-VHS-C
  2. S-Video
  3. S-wave
  4. S-waves
  5. s-word
  6. s-words
  7. s.
  8. S. A.
  9. S. A. T.
  10. S. Afr.
  11. S. Am.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: s-words (page history and authors); s-word (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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