Usually means: Offensive language, often taboo expressions.
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  1. swear word: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. swear word: Merriam-Webster
  3. swear word: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. swear-word: Wordnik
  5. swear word: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. swear word: Wiktionary
  7. swear word: Dictionary.com
  8. Swear word: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. swear-word: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. swear word: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (swear word)

▸ noun:  A word considered obscene and vulgar or offensive.

Similar:
swearword, swear, curse word, bad word, dirty word, naughty word, s-word, vulgarism, cuss word, obscenity, more...

Opposite:
polite language, clelanguage, respectful language

Types:
f*ck, sh*t, d*mn, b*tch, son of b*tch, motherf*cker, goddamn, more...

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Similar:
swearword, swear, curse word, bad word, dirty word, naughty word, s-word, vulgarism, cuss word, obscenity, more...

Opposite:
polite language, clelanguage, respectful language

Types:
f*ck, sh*t, d*mn, b*tch, son of b*tch, motherf*cker, goddamn, more...



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