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Noun: dirty word  dur-tee wurd
  1. An offensive or indecent word or phrase
    - obscenity, smut, vulgarism, filth
     
  2. A word that is considered to be unmentionable
    "'failure' is a dirty word to him"

Derived forms: dirty words

Type of: profanity, word

Encyclopedia: Dirty word