Noun
bad word (plural bad words)
(idiomatic) A vulgar word.
Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the real. Federico Fellini
Once when I was 16 I had my car taken away from me for being past curfew. Oh, and I said a bad word once, and I actually did get my mouth washed out with soap. Ashlee Simpson
I always thought that "humanist" was a good word long before I understood that anyone thought it was a bad word. Gloria Steinem
A bad wound will heal, but a bad word will not be forgotten. Bulgarian Proverb
A bad wound heals, but a bad word doesn't. Persian Proverb
The good speech of an ass is better than the bad word of a prophet. Scottish Gaelic Proverb