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Four-letter Word

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Noun

1. four-letter anglo-saxon word, four-letter word

any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive

four-letter anglo-saxon word

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Four-letter Word

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noun

any of several short English words referring to sex or excrement: often used as swearwords and regarded generally as offensive or obscene

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Four-letter Word

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any of several short words having to do with sex or excrement and generally regarded as offensive or objectionable

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Four-letter Word

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n.

Any of several short English words generally regarded as vulgar or obscene.

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