"dirty word" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

An offensive or indecent word or phrase (synset 107139048)
domain member usage:
- ass, fuck, fucking, nookie, nooky, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screw, screwing, shag, shtup - slang for sexual intercourse
- cock, dick, pecker, prick, putz, shaft, tool - obscene terms for penis
- bull, bullshit, crap, dogshit, horseshit, irish bull, shit - obscene words for unacceptable behavior
- chickenshit - a false statement that is considered to indicate timidity or fear
- asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, shit, sob, son of a bitch, whoreson - insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
- pee, peeing, piss, pissing - informal terms for urination
- bugger all, fanny adams, fuck all, sweet fanny adams - little or nothing at all
- crap, dirt, poop, shit, shite, turd - obscene terms for feces
is a type of: profanity - vulgar or irreverent speech or action
subtypes:
- bawdry, bawdy - lewd or obscene talk or writing
- scatology - a preoccupation with obscenity (especially that dealing with excrement or excretory functions)
same as: filth, obscenity, smut, vulgarism
A word that is considered to be unmentionable (synset 106301181)
"`failure' is a dirty word to him"

is a type of: word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify