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cuss word



NOUN
expletive
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In any case, attitudes toward the S-word have changed in the last few decades, and it has lost much of its punch as a cuss word, Bergen said.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

“I never heard her use a cuss word my whole life,” Wylie says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2022

"I know it sounds like," Fisher said, then audibled out of a cuss word.

From Fox News ● Oct. 4, 2021

That it is a cuss word, and children aren’t to say those words.

From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2018

Every cuss word that follows equals a dollar in Sekani’s jar if he hears it.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas




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