Definitions

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  • noun euphemistic The word shit, regarded as a vulgar or taboo word.
  • noun Any word beginning with s that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context; for example, socialism.

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Examples

  • Suzan Shown Harjo -- a Native American poet, writer, lecturer, curator and policy advocate -- has argued for decades that what she calls the "s-word" originally meant "vagina," and is therefore a slur.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Wendy Brandes 2011

  • Sullivan told the judge the clips and legislative documents create "an astonishing legislative record," in which lawmakers knew they had to avoid safety as a reason for voting that the plant should close when its initial 40-year license expires next March, and some expressed frustration that they couldn't use what some around the Statehouse at the time called the "s-word."

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

  • Sullivan told the judge the clips and legislative documents create "an astonishing legislative record," in which lawmakers knew they had to avoid safety as a reason for voting that the plant should close when its initial 40-year license expires next March, and some expressed frustration that they couldn't use what some around the Statehouse at the time called the "s-word."

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • Sullivan told the judge the clips and legislative documents create "an astonishing legislative record," in which lawmakers knew they had to avoid safety as a reason for voting that the plant should close when its initial 40-year license expires next March, and some expressed frustration that they couldn't use what some around the Statehouse at the time called the "s-word."

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

  • Among them is a piece on the rise of the word we love to hate, the s-word.

    After Deadline: Murky Passages 2009

  • Labels: language, New York Times, s-word posted by John McGrath @ 12: 35 PM

    After Deadline: Murky Passages 2009

  • Not only does Cee Lo drop the f-bomb a whopping sixteen times in under four minutes, he generously tosses in the s-word and even the n-word, which undoubtedly annoys Dr. Laura because she won't be allowed to sing it on karaoke night.

    Eric Williams: F***ing up the Charts: on F-Words and Music Eric Williams 2010

  • Among them is a piece on the rise of the word we love to hate, the s-word.

    Archive 2009-03-01 2009

  • All three lawyers who argued and the justices never used the expletives at the heart of the dispute, but instead referred to the "f-word" or the "s-word."

    Supreme court justices debate FCC position on TV swearing and nudity 2012

  • Labels: language, New York Times, s-word posted by John McGrath @ 12: 35 PM

    After Deadline: Murky Passages 2009

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