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u-words

u-words is the plural of u-word.

Meaning of u-word

Noun

u-word (plural u-words)

  1. Any word beginning with u, especially one that is (sometimes humorously) treated as controversial in a given context, such as union or uppity.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:u-word.
  2. A U (that is, upper class) word, as contrasted with a non-U one.

Questions about u-words

What is u-words the plural of?
U-words is the plural of u-word.

Words near u-words in the dictionary

  1. U-valley
  2. U-valleys
  3. U-value
  4. U-values
  5. u-word
  6. u-words
  7. U-y
  8. U.
  9. U. S.
  10. U. S. A.
  11. U. S. C. T.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: u-words (page history and authors); u-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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