C-word

or c-word

[ see-wurd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a euphemism for the word cunt : She actually said to my face, “Listen, your sister is a C-word, and that’s a fact!” F-word, N-word, word ( def 2 ).
I can’t believe you used the c-word in front of the kids.
She actually said to my face, “Listen, your sister is a C-word, and that’s a fact!”

c-word

noun

the c-word taboo.
sometimes capital a euphemistic way of referring to the word cunt

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Word History and Origins

Origin of C-word¹

First recorded in 1975–80

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Example Sentences

However, after an operation to rectify the problems, she said she "heard the dreaded C-word" and was diagnosed with pseudomyxoma peritonei – a rare tumour that causes a build-up of a jelly-like substance in the abdomen.

From BBC

“The reason top tech companies often hire foreign-born & first-generation engineers over 'native' Americans isn’t because of an innate American IQ deficit … A key part of it comes down to the c-word: culture,” Ramaswamy wrote in a Thursday post to X. “Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long.”

From Salon

Hinchcliffe reportedly had planned to make a joke calling Harris the C-word, too, though the Trump campaign struck that.

From Slate

The censorship of the c-word likely happened because it's profanity, not because it's misogynistic.

From Salon

While Trump's team canceled the c-word "joke" from Hinchcliffe's set, they didn't seem to mind that Musk's political action committee, American PAC, ran an ad declaring, "Kamala Harris is a c-word."

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