c-word
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.99 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The word cunt, regarded as vulgar and a swear word.
noun
The word crap, often considered mildly vulgar.
noun
Less frequently, a word like cock or cock-sucker, camel-jockey, Chink, ching chong, or cracker, regarded as taboo or offensive.
noun
Any word beginning with c that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context, like clitoris, condom, cancer, or communism.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of c-word.
Example Sentences
- "The c-word (cunt) is delivered here with a kind of despairing calm, as if the cuntishness of the British c-words (cunts) was just a sad matter of fact."
- "Nor can federal AIDS educators bring themselves to mention the c''' word, condom, a strange reticence not shared by any other Western government except that of Catholic Ireland. The CDC has gone through bizarre contortions to avoid naming the, uh, latex device."
- "So, the term craft is now tainted. It’s association with weird beer imbibed by stuck up people is going to be hard one to shake. Anyone with that connection in their mind is instantly going to shut down when the c-word is mentioned."
- "‘Cancer’ is a frightening word and once mentioned, death is probably everyone’s next thought."