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w-words

w-words is the plural of w-word.

Meaning of w-word

Noun

w-word (plural w-words)

  1. (euphemistic) The word whore.
  2. (euphemistic) The word wank or wanker.
  3. (euphemistic) The word wetback.
  4. (humorous) Any word beginning with the letter w that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context, such as the word work or woman.
    • 'We're going mining,' said Lister. 'We're not in the heats of "Come Jiving", we're going to work.'
      'Hey - I do not do the "W" word.'
      'We're all doing the "W" word,' said Lister.1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers

Noun capitalized: W-words

W-words

  1. (plural) plural of W-word

Questions about w-words

What is w-words the plural of?
W-words is the plural of w-word.
What part of speech is w-words?
W-words is a noun.

Words near w-words in the dictionary

  1. w-shingling
  2. w-shinglings
  3. W-sitting
  4. w-w
  5. w-word
  6. w-words
  7. w.
  8. W. A.
  9. W. Aust.
  10. W. Glam.
  11. W. H. O.

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