four-letter words

¹ Cultural  

1. Euphemism for the most common verbal obscenities.

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four-letter words ² Cultural  

1. Obscene (see obscenity) or very vulgar words of four letters, such as piss. Most four-letter words refer to excretion or sex.

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Example Sentences

But the movie’s key advantage can be seen in three four-letter words: Lily-Rose Depp.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024

Apart from “feck,” the favored expletive of this early 20th century Irish milieu, the script’s most frequently deployed four-letter words are “dull” and “nice,” two words that are often hurled in Pádraic’s direction.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2022

Our spontaneous sense is that profanity consists of the classic four-letter words, while slurs are something separate.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2021

And in opposition to these four-letter words, he offered one of his own: love.

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2020

Ironically, “hope” is one of the few four-letter words not in their vocabulary.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers