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• plural of four-letter word.

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

At another point, Sondland said, “That’s how President Trump and I communicate, a lot of four-letter words; in this case three letter.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2019

Crab: Like Scrabble, but it’s all four-letter words.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2016

Even Jeb Bush, the stern patrician of the Republican race, has shown a growing fondness for some gentler four-letter words, at times adding them to prepared remarks that had called for something meeker.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2015

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

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers