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swear word

Or ɱ𲹰·ɴǰ

[swair wurd]

noun

  1. a word used in swearing or cursing; a profane or obscene word.

    Synonyms: , , , , , , ,


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of swear word1

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
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Malta's Mariana Conte was forced to rewrite her disco anthem Serving Kant to remove what sounded like a swear word - but performed the censored version with a knowing wink, safe in the knowledge the audience would fill in the blanks.

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Verstappen had to do a motorsport equivalent of community service for using a swear word in a news conference at the Singapore Grand Prix.

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Plus we all grew up, playing sport or football; it happens that you use a swear word, and we shouldn't take it so serious.

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His second-worst heckle involved a man on the front row repeating the same whispered swear word at him, so low that only he could hear it.

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“We were told that we weren’t allowed to swear in our speech,” she said from the stage, “so there goes my speech. It was just one swear word 150 times.”

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