swear word
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of swear word
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
Example Sentences
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“I can’t really say it because there’s a swear word in it,” Quinton Byfield said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2024
After this conflict, Musgrave predicts Ukrainians will add a new swear word to their vocabulary: “Putin.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2022
The head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Joseph Schuster, said last week that for him the word “Jew” is neither a swear word nor discriminatory.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2022
The iPhone’s autocorrect is not a fan of profanity—in fact, it’s here to counsel users in the opposite direction, making them retype a swear word again and again if they really want to use it.
From Slate • Sep. 11, 2018
But the words caught on her tongue like a swear word.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
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