Verb
say the word (third-person singular simple present says the word, present participle saying the word, simple past and past participle said the word)
(idiomatic) To indicate that it is time to perform an action; to give permission.
When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars. Vincent van Gogh
To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite, expressed by every means available to the arts. Charles Baudelaire
Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap. Ray Charles
War! Some of the invalids break the silence, and say the word again under their breath, reflecting that this is the greatest happening of the age, and perhaps of all ages. Even on the lucid landscape at which they gaze the news casts something like a vague and somber mirage. Henri Barbusse
You're not supposed to say the word "cancer" in a song. And tellin' folks Jesus is the answer can rub 'em wrong. It ain't hip to sing about tractors, trucks, little towns, and mama, yeah that might be true. But this is country music and we do. Brad Paisley
I say the word death a lot ... think of it as ... primal relations, opposite, so if I say death a lot, it means I'm concerned with life. It's true. Edie Sedgwick