dirty word
noun
a vulgar or taboo word; obscenity.
any word, name, or concept considered reprehensible or unmentionable; anathema: “Lose” is a dirty word to this team.
Origin of dirty word
First recorded in 1835–45
Words nearby dirty word
dirty realism,
dirty rice,
dirty trick,
dirty tricks,
dirty war,
dirty word,
dirty work,
dirty-minded,
dis,
dis aliter visum,
dis pater