C-wordn.

Brit.

/ˈsiːwəːd/, U.S.

/ˈsiˌwərd/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: C n., word n.

Etymology: < C n. (in sense 1 as the initial letter of cunt n.; in sense 2 as the initial letter of cancer n., cloning n., etc.) + word n. Compare earlier F-word n.

1. The word ‘cunt’ (see cunt n.), usually euphemistic with reference to its taboo status. Chiefly with the.

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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [noun] > euphemisms for stronger oaths

minced oath?1654

blank1854

adjective1888

bee1926

muck1952

F-word1956

C-word1979

N-word1985

XXXX1985

F-bomb1987

1979 M. Davidson Thursday Woman ii. 22 Some strange man called me a cunt today... Only Will's voice, piercing and shrill, was shouting, ‘Dad, Mom said the c word. That's real good, Mom. I didn't know you knew words like that’.

1986 Advertiser (Adelaide) 11 July 2 The questionnaire was given to boarders..and listed ‘f’ and ‘c’ words as well as the words ‘bitch’ and ‘bastard’.

1997 Village Voice (N.Y.) 27 May 82/1 The author and performer of The Vagina Monologues, Ensler went on to offer an astonishingly touching reclamation of the C-word.

2005 N. Hornby Long Way Down 13 If I'd known what Maureen was like, then I would have toned it down a bit, probably, but I didn't; I think I might even have used the c-word, for which I've apologized.

2. Any of various words having c as their initial letter, which are regarded in a particular context as contentious or taboo; spec. the word ‘cancer’ (cf. big C n. at big adj. and adv. Compounds 2). Chiefly with the.

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1985 San Diego Union-Tribune 17 Jan. e1/1 The ‘big C-word’ is, of course, ‘c——e’, [i.e. ‘cuddle’] the six-letter verb that so graphically describes park-bench activity.

1985 E. Goodman in Chicago Tribune 19 July v. 4/3 Cancer was the ‘C-word’ which was equated with the ‘D-word’: death.

1989 M. Piesman Unorthodox Pract. iv. 34 That's what old ladies die of, unless they die of cancer... Don't want them to hear the C-word, huh?

2003 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Apr. 234/2 He never used the c-word, referring to the illness as ‘this thing I've got’.

2004 Washington Post 28 Feb. (Home ed.) a17/1 The scientists have gotten around this obstacle so far by never mentioning the c-word—cloning.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	c-word
释义	C-wordn. Brit. /ˈsiːwəːd/, U.S. /ˈsiˌwərd/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: C n., word n. Etymology: < C n. (in sense 1 as the initial letter of cunt n.; in sense 2 as the initial letter of cancer n., cloning n., etc.) + word n. Compare earlier F-word n. 1. The word ‘cunt’ (see cunt n.), usually euphemistic with reference to its taboo status. Chiefly with the. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [noun] > euphemisms for stronger oaths minced oath?1654 blank1854 adjective1888 bee1926 muck1952 F-word1956 C-word1979 N-word1985 XXXX1985 F-bomb1987 1979 M. Davidson Thursday Woman ii. 22 Some strange man called me a cunt today... Only Will's voice, piercing and shrill, was shouting, ‘Dad, Mom said the c word. That's real good, Mom. I didn't know you knew words like that’. 1986 Advertiser (Adelaide) 11 July 2 The questionnaire was given to boarders..and listed ‘f’ and ‘c’ words as well as the words ‘bitch’ and ‘bastard’. 1997 Village Voice (N.Y.) 27 May 82/1 The author and performer of The Vagina Monologues, Ensler went on to offer an astonishingly touching reclamation of the C-word. 2005 N. Hornby Long Way Down 13 If I'd known what Maureen was like, then I would have toned it down a bit, probably, but I didn't; I think I might even have used the c-word, for which I've apologized. 2. Any of various words having c as their initial letter, which are regarded in a particular context as contentious or taboo; spec. the word ‘cancer’ (cf. big C n. at big adj. and adv. Compounds 2). Chiefly with the. ΚΠ 1985 San Diego Union-Tribune 17 Jan. e1/1 The ‘big C-word’ is, of course, ‘c——e’, [i.e. ‘cuddle’] the six-letter verb that so graphically describes park-bench activity. 1985 E. Goodman in Chicago Tribune 19 July v. 4/3 Cancer was the ‘C-word’ which was equated with the ‘D-word’: death. 1989 M. Piesman Unorthodox Pract. iv. 34 That's what old ladies die of, unless they die of cancer... Don't want them to hear the C-word, huh? 2003 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Apr. 234/2 He never used the c-word, referring to the illness as ‘this thing I've got’. 2004 Washington Post 28 Feb. (Home ed.) a17/1 The scientists have gotten around this obstacle so far by never mentioning the c-word—cloning. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1979
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