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four-letter word
[ fawr-let-er, fohr- ]
noun
- any of a number of short words, usually of four letters, considered offensive or vulgar because of their reference to excrement or sex.
- any word, typically of four letters, that represents something forbidden, disliked, or regarded with extreme distaste:
In the dieter's vocabulary, 鈥渃ake鈥 is a four-letter word.
four-letter word
noun
- any of several short English words referring to sex or excrement: often used as swearwords and regarded generally as offensive or obscene
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of four-letter word1
Idioms and Phrases
Any of several short English words that are generally regarded as vulgar or obscene. For example, No four-letter words are permitted in this classroom . This expression is applied mostly to words describing excretory or sexual functions. [First half of 1900s]Example Sentences
鈥淚 did miss on a four-letter word, so my weakness tends to be those super short, tricky words, and I worked on compiling those into one list,鈥 Shradha said.
He鈥檇 miss the other corner of the strike zone, and frustratingly blurt out a four-letter word.
鈥淓very time that dirty four-letter word called 鈥榗ompromise鈥 comes up,鈥 Boebert fumed, 鈥渋t鈥檚 always Republicans stepping away from their principles, their platform, your priorities and siding with socialists, communists and Marxists.鈥
鈥淵ou have the right to use four-letter words.鈥
And out of her mouth comes a four-letter word completely unsuitable for broadcast on BBC Breakfast.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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