Idiom
bad word
Meaning
A vulgar word.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Do not use a bad word in front of your teacher.”
“The child got in trouble at school for repeating a bad word he heard on the playground.”
“Although the comedian often relies on shock value, he managed to deliver a sharp critique of society without resorting to a single bad word.”
Examples
simple
“Do not use a bad word in front of your teacher.”
contextual
“The child got in trouble at school for repeating a bad word he heard on the playground.”
complex
“Although the comedian often relies on shock value, he managed to deliver a sharp critique of society without resorting to a single bad word.”
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