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

Speakers at Los Angeles City Council meetings will be banned from using the N-word and the C-word, the council decided Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times

He also used the C-word to describe an official in the room.

From Los Angeles Times

Under their proposal, initiated by Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, audience members could be removed from meetings — or banned from attending future ones — for repeatedly uttering the racial slur known as the N-word or the sexist vulgarity known as the C-word.

From Los Angeles Times

However, after an operation to rectify the problems, she said she "heard the dreaded C-word" and was diagnosed with pseudomyxoma peritonei – a rare tumour that causes a build-up of a jelly-like substance in the abdomen.

From BBC

“The reason top tech companies often hire foreign-born & first-generation engineers over 'native' Americans isn’t because of an innate American IQ deficit … A key part of it comes down to the c-word: culture,” Ramaswamy wrote in a Thursday post to X. “Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long.”

From Salon