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

“You have the right to use four-letter words.”

From Seattle Times

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

Oduye uses four-letter words more sparingly in person, but the self-righteousness and confidence that drip from the blog posts are present whether he’s speaking or typing.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From New York Times

She also laces her intimate, gregarious, sometimes tearful narration with four-letter words.

From Los Angeles Times