Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A profane word; an oath.
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Examples
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Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention: The Mothers were men, plus you have the swear-word implication, plus they were actually inventive.
David Weinberger: Rating 1960s Bands' Names David Weinberger 2011
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Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention: The Mothers were men, plus you have the swear-word implication, plus they were actually inventive.
David Weinberger: Rating 1960s Bands' Names David Weinberger 2011
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My current decision is to allow one swear-word per novel, max, and it will be in the first chapter or so.
Teen attracts hate by not cussing nissa_amas_katoj 2009
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My current decision is to allow one swear-word per novel, max, and it will be in the first chapter or so.
Archive 2009-01-01 nissa_amas_katoj 2009
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"All that is wanting is a good round swear-word now and again."
CHAPTER 14 2010
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I was finishing off my last swear-word when Nana Sweeney walked in on me and broke my concentration.
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I think it's kind of charming when Christians use their own swear-word substitutes.
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I think it's kind of charming when Christians use their own swear-word substitutes.
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And then there's "deeply conservative" used almost as a swear-word.
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The peoples are wrong, and any concessions to them is "populism" -- the ultimate market fundamentalist swear-word.
Johann Hari: The Soft-Voiced Authoritarianism of Fareed Zakaria 2009
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