Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

m-word

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.02 in modern English

Syllables: m--word
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The word motherfucker, regarded as a vulgar word.

noun

Any word beginning with m that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context, like midget or murder.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of m-word.

Example Sentences

"Given all this, you may be puzzled to hear me call myself a Marxist. […] This is not something that I often volunteer to talk about in “polite society” because the very mention of the M-word switches audiences off."

Inflected Forms

m-words (plural)

Phrases

a-word b-word c-word d-word e-word f-word g-word h-word

Frequently Paired Words

a-word b-word c-word d-word e-word f-word g-word h-word

Questions

What does m-word mean?: The word motherfucker, regarded as a vulgar word.

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