dirty word

Questions about dirty word

What does dirty word mean?

dirty word means "an offensive or indecent word or phrase". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for dirty word?

Close synonyms include obscenity, smut, vulgarism, filth. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dirty word a common word?

dirty word is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.