bad word
Noun
Meaning
bad word (plural bad words)
(idiomatic) A vulgar word.
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Examples
Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the real.
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.
I always thought that "humanist" was a good word long before I understood that anyone thought it was a bad word.
A bad wound will heal, but a bad word will not be forgotten.
A bad wound heals, but a bad word doesn't.
The good speech of an ass is better than the bad word of a prophet.