dirty word

Example Sentences

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"Disability is not a dirty word," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

Beyond their dirtbag tendencies, there is another reason why the name “Tkachuk” is almost a dirty word in hockey circles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

Brian Stelter, CNN's chief media analyst, recently tweeted that “fact-check” had become a dirty word.

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2025

Nonetheless, Scripps treated “vocabulary” like a dirty word, instead employing a euphemism: “word meaning.”

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2024

His mother frowned, like she wasn't sure whether that counted as a dirty word.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell