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  C-word

  noun

  a euphemism for the word cunt : She actually said to my face, “Listen, your sister is a C-word, and that’s a fact!”
• c-word
  c-word

  noun

  (sometimes capital) a euphemistic way of referring to the word cunt

C-word

American  

[see-wurd] / ˈsiˌwɜrd /

Also c word or c-word

noun

1. a euphemism for the word cunt : She actually said to my face, “Listen, your sister is a C-word, and that’s a fact!”

   I can’t believe you used the c-word in front of the kids.

   She actually said to my face, “Listen, your sister is a C-word, and that’s a fact!”

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c-word British  

noun

1. taboo (sometimes capital) a euphemistic way of referring to the word cunt

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Etymology

Origin of C-word

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

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Some doctors say it’s time to rename low-grade prostate cancer to eliminate the alarming C-word.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2022

They celebrated their union in December, along with the news that a potential fight with the C-word had been called off.

From Golf Digest ● Aug. 14, 2019

It’s time that we grow up and get over our fear of the C-word.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2019

Put simply, it comes down to that dreaded C-word.

From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2017

That's why it's called an "Investigations Committee" with no mention of the term "computer-crime"—the dreaded "C-word."

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce

He began to say the c-word out loud: He wants to create conscious robots.

From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2023

“We were almost forbidden from talking about it — ‘Don’t talk about the c-word; you won’t get tenure’ — so in the beginning I had to disguise it, like it was something else.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2023

My dad was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer, so the c-word is on my mind.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2014