Usually means: Offensive or taboo language used.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. dirty word: Merriam-Webster
  2. dirty word: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dirty word: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dirty word: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dirty word: Vocabulary.com
  6. dirty word: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. dirty word: Wiktionary
  8. dirty word: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. dirty word: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. dirty word: Dictionary.com
  11. dirty word: Rhymezone
  12. dirty word: FreeDictionary.org
  13. dirty word: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. dirty word: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dirty word: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dirty word: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dirty word: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (dirty word)

noun:  A word that is considered vulgar, not necessarily sexual in nature.
noun:  (idiomatic) The name of a topic that a person prefers not to hear or discuss.

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