h-word

The genre had no cachet, so the h-word was probably more rarely deployed than it should have been, but how else to describe movies such as 1962's "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?"

When the Silver Screen Went Red Andrew Stuttaford 2011

I don't like to use the h-word recklessly, but I would admit to feeling jolly these days, and I have a reason:

Alfred Gingold: WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT? Alfred Gingold 2010

“People have stopped calling me up and asking me to write articles with the h-word on it.”

Hipsters Die Another Death at 'n+1' Panel: 'People Called Hipsters Just Happened to Be Young, and, More Often Than Not, Funny-Looking' 2009

The word “honkey” never became the h-word precisely because white people are the oppressive majority.

Is Zionism the New N-word? 2009

Then a guest substituted the phrase "the h-word," another brought up "the b-word," and one called white fans of hip hop culture "the w-word," which rhymes with one of the "n-words."

Ben Schwartz: Day 400 of the War on Imus 2008

But … but … teh ovver h-word is mayking me cringe.

Princess and the Pea…. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

Whether or not if I replaced the aforementioned h-word with "call girl" or "lady of the evening", it doesn't erase the fact that her character was exactly that, in a song about a..."professional."

Hip Hop's Hatred of Black Women Anxious Black Woman 2007

RUSSELL SIMMONS, RAP MUSIC MOGUL: I ` m suggesting that the hip-hop community go ahead of your mainstream shelves, where you do use the d-word and the h-word on every other mainstream channel.

CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2007 2007

I hope you're just as critical on Santa Claus in saying the h-word, as you are with me.

Hip Hop's Hatred of Black Women Anxious Black Woman 2007

You only precede an h-word with "an" if you don't pronounce the h, as in "hour."

Week 2: Lorem Ipsum Goddam Douglas Wolk 2006